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    Of course I'm not saying that they shouldn't be offended or
    insulted.  I'm saying that shouldn't be enough to force the people
    who named the place to have to change it, either through the law or
    through social pressure.  Can't we live in a world that has things
    others find offensive?  People fight to keep books containing
    material that others find offensive from being banned, why is it
    different with mascots or place names?<br>
    <br>
    Paul<br>
    <br>
    On 10/03/2011 09:50 PM, Sunil Ramalingam wrote:
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        Paul,<br>
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        Just so I'm clear, are you saying that African-Americans, or
        anyone else, should not be offended or insulted by someone
        naming their place "Niggerhead?"<br>
        <br>
        Is that it?<br>
        <br>
        Sunil<br>
        <br>
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          <hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 21:38:31 -0700<br>
          From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">godshatter@yahoo.com</a><br>
          To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kfreitag@roadrunner.com">kfreitag@roadrunner.com</a><br>
          CC: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>
          Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Rick Perry's Newest Problem<br>
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          White males are constitutionally unable to understand any
          aspect of racism, sexism or discrimination.  It's true.  They
          can't dance, either.<br>
          <br>
          I still think it's a bad idea to continue this Political
          Correctness path that we're on.  <br>
          <br>
          Paul<br>
          <br>
          On 10/03/2011 08:43 PM, Kris Freitag wrote:
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            <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Paul,</font></div>
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            <div><font face="Arial" size="2">I think that's pretty easy
                for a white male to say.  </font></div>
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            <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Kris</font></div>
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            <div>----- Original Message ----- </div>
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              <div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>From:</b> <a
                  moz-do-not-send="true" title="godshatter@yahoo.com"
                  href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">Paul Rumelhart</a>
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              <div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>To:</b> <a
                  moz-do-not-send="true" title="thansen@moscow.com"
                  href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</a> ; <a
                  moz-do-not-send="true" title="kmmos1@frontier.com"
                  href="mailto:kmmos1@frontier.com">Kenneth Marcy</a> </div>
              <div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>Cc:</b> <a
                  moz-do-not-send="true" title="vision2020@moscow.com"
                  href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>
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              <div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>Sent:</b> Monday,
                October 03, 2011 9:23 AM</div>
              <div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>Subject:</b> Re:
                [Vision2020] Rick Perry's Newest Problem</div>
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                <div><span>My sometimes roundabout way of making a point
                    isn't endearing me to some of the readership out
                    there in Viz-land, so I'll just come out and make my
                    point.  Which is that almost everything is offensive
                    to someone on some level, and those things that are
                    not currently offensive may become offensive in the
                    future because language and culture changes.  We
                    have two choices as I see it - either we whitewash
                    everything to the point that we might as well not
                    have mascots or place names more descriptive than
                    "Idaho Creek 1347"</span><span class="ecxtab">, or
                    we grow a thicker skin and not get so worked up
                    about these kinds of things.  <br>
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                <div><span class="ecxtab">Paul<br>
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                      <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b>
                      Tom Hansen <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                        href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com"><thansen@moscow.com></a><br>
                      <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b>
                      Kenneth Marcy <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        class="ecxmoz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                        href="mailto:kmmos1@frontier.com"><kmmos1@frontier.com></a><br>
                      <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b>
                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        class="ecxmoz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                        href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">"vision2020@moscow.com"</a>
                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        class="ecxmoz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                        href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><vision2020@moscow.com></a><br>
                      <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b>
                      Monday, October 3, 2011 9:08 AM<br>
                      <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b>
                      Re: [Vision2020] Rick Perry's Newest Problem<br>
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                    Mr. Rumelhart -<br>
                    <br>
                    If victims of bear/cougar attacks or descendants of
                    fourth- or fifth-century Roman ancestry feel
                    disrespected by the University of California
                    (Berkeley) mascot . . . or the Washington State
                    University mascot . . . or the University of Idaho
                    mascot . . . like us, they are free to exercise
                    their first amendment right and loudly (and proudly)
                    express their discomfort with those mascots.<br>
                    <br>
                    Tom "not holding his breath" Hansen<br>
                    Moscow, Idaho<br>
                    <br>
                    <br>
                    <br>
                    <br>
                    <br>
                    On Oct 3, 2011, at 8:49, Kenneth Marcy <<a
                      moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:kmmos1@frontier.com">kmmos1@frontier.com</a>>

                    wrote:<br>
                    <br>
                    > On Monday, October 03, 2011 07:26:10 AM Paul
                    Rumelhart wrote:<br>
                    >> It makes you wonder if someday descendants
                    of the people murdered by an<br>
                    >> ancient East Germanic tribe when they
                    sacked Rome and Carthage might<br>
                    >> someday look in horror upon a small college
                    town in Idaho that had the<br>
                    >> gall to name their sports team after their
                    killers.<br>
                    > <br>
                    > The biggest problem with the Vandals sacking
                    Rome is that they didn't do it <br>
                    > often enough. It's too bad they didn't get to
                    Nicaea and Constantinople in the <br>
                    > century and a quarter prior to the Roman sack,
                    as that may have prevented a <br>
                    > lot of grief all around.<br>
                    > <br>
                    >> Same thing with people that have been
                    mauled by cougars or bears.<br>
                    > <br>
                    > The descendants have less about which to
                    complain in face of the realities of <br>
                    > their ancient enemies being hunted and heated
                    to extinction.<br>
                    > <br>
                    > <br>
                    > Ken<br>
                    > <br>
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