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I already said it was about 20 posts back. What am I missing when you make this point? That it is impossible for there to be 2 racist things in sports? It's like Highlander - there can be only one! Using this same terrible logic I could make the following statement "If slavery was such a problem the plantation owners would have ended it years ago". Silly natives, having the nerve to tell us when we're dimishing them as a people. You should write them a stern letter.

I'd cave inside 20 minutes.

Deal. When he turns 50 we're cutting him, no questions asked. The knee I had operated on feels pretty normal and functions well, way better than when I was trying to just rehab without surgery. The other knee never got injured badly enough to deserve surgery, so it just aches all the time. It's aching as I type this. Having had surgery on knees is completely different these days, AP ran for 2000 yards on his surgified knee.

Perhaps you should teach a course.

Some religious types were upset at the time. They were unaware that the New Jersey Devil is a real thing (in a manner of speaking) just like Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster. These people made up their minds without knowledge or context. If you don't want to be like those people, take the time to aquire knowledge and learn the context. And what is depicted on the logos when you image search Washington's football team? Daffodils? Orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr an ethnic group singled out by the colour of their skin?

Thanks to all who posted info, it's greatly appreciated. I tried to throw a few likes around. Don't spend them all in one place.

The most likely scenario coming out of camp will be Willy as starter, Hall as backup, Brohm and Marve fighting for that 3rd spot, Yantz gets some good press clippings. Perhaps the 4th guy sticks on the PR or IR if he shows enough. The less likely scenario is Willy starts, both Brohm and Marve show enough in camp that the Bombers don't feel they need Hall as a safety net to cover for everyone's lack of CFL experience and is outright released. I don't see any scenario where Hall stays on in that 3rd spot. Brohm does not have any kind of an advantage over Marve at this point. Trading for him carries no weight. NFL experience carries no weight. Neither of these things make him the better player, and the better player will get the job.

For the sake of discussion, because this has been interesting, I'll ask: how do you figure? The student population used to have a lot of Irish decendents, I have no idea what ratio they make of the student body these days. I'm guessing Golden Tate isn't purely Irish. I'm reasonably confident that "fighting" is meant as resilient, as in to not give up. Not fighting as in "these drunk irishmen constantly fight and should be sent back to potatoland and are of no use to society". But have at er. Your opinion is your opinion, I'm curious how you formed it.

Loooooooooooooooooooong gone are the days when I engage in back and forth arguements on discussion boards. If i've explained my opinion on something clearly and you feel no compulsion to change yours, even when moving into areas that are more factual than opinion based, oh well. Prepare shoulders for shrugging annnnnd.....engage. Now back to life.

Nice leadership statement coming from our new QB. Wonder what facility they would be able to get to practice in. Are all the players still flying in? Who is paying for their flights if there is a strike? More importantly, will they get in some strength training cleaning up dead elms on my yard? Anything less shows a lack of committment to fitness.

And that is what it would cost if you just took the bus the regular way, but because the Bombers offer free game day bus service they have to enter into an agreement with transit. So if the Bombers ended that agreement and told fans to take the bus the regular fare-paying way, then handed them a five dollar bill when they got off the bus at the stadium, they would save that half million per year. The visual on that is a bit off-putting - handing out money on the street as a means of saving money because of civic government decisions. I don't think the city owes the Bombers any special treatment. On the other hand, what is the purpose of transit? To move the citizens of Winnipeg around for a minimal cost, to move them around with a minimal environmental impact, and to keep drunks from getting behind the wheel, among other reasons. Why do these reasons not apply for transit riders going to Bomber games? These bus rides still meet all those criteria and still serve the citizenry of Winnipeg. The telling point to me is that transit agreed to reducing the rate for the Bombers, presumably for those very reasons, and the City choose to overrule transit's decision. The buses don't serve the Bombers, they serve the citizens of Winnipeg. This seems like a terrible decision and one that has Katz's spite at it's roots.

Term length is 3 years. Members can serve only 2 consecutive terms, unless they are a chair, vice chair, or past chair. Then they can serve 4 terms back-to-back (12 years). It is unclear when Asper's term began but I believe 2012 is correct, making 2024 the last year he is eligible. They can only serve the additional two terms if they remain Chair, Vice-Chair or Past Chair during that time. If they don't then the limit is two terms. Have you ever met Brock Bulbuck? I have and he's the farthest thing from a slimebag as you can get. He's brought in more positive changes to the BoD than any other chair (ie term limits, public nominations, etc). This is the internet. Saying bad things about people you've never met is considered par for the course. By some.

It looked like a turn the heat up tactic. If it wasn't for the PanAm games they could probably let this sit another year until an election rolls around but the shovels have to be in the ground sooner than that.

Whatever the last day is before the schedule would be affected - that is the day the labour dispute will be resolved.

Look at it this way, growing up the job of quarterback is typically given to the better athletes. The Bombers get a free look at a great athlete. Even if he never plays a down at that position in the CFL he might still play in the CFL. The Bombers now get a few weeks to assess his talents, see where his attributes might fit in (receiver? safety?), get a sense of where his head is at and what his football IQ is and establish a relationship. This will be far more useful than 15 minutes of talk time at the combine. Nothing may come of this, but nothing bad will come of it. Maybe they decide to use their 7th rounder on him next year because of what he shows here.

Terribly sorry. It was just a light attempt at menno-humour. Finally, the Bombers draft one of MY people. Now they just need to get that Remple kid back.

There was also a certain level of mirth intended in my original comment.

...and Doug Brown is a massive racist for not changing his name. You can't remove the context. The context is the whole point. Redskins didn't exist as a term before it was invented as an insult. I'm sure there are corners of the internet where people call some race "browns" to insult them. I can assure you with absolutely no doubt at all that Cleveland's football team isn't a reference to this. I can also assure you that a quick look at the logo on the side of Washington's helmets will remove any doubt that there is a second definition to "Redskins" that we're missing. I find this all quite interesting and am enjoying digging thru word origins but you went very opposite day with your examples.

I really don't care if they change the name or not. It's ugly but the world is full of ugly. If I'm making a checklist of things to change I doubt this ends up on it. As for the arguement of where do you stop, who knows, but when it's this easy and obvious to figure out where to start... As for your examples I suppose they would each be taken individually. Context is the key. Redskins is simply a derogatory name for native people. It has no other context or definition in the english language, other than the football team that decided to name itself after that same derogatory word. The Seminoles on the other hand are a tribe native to Florida. If Seminole translated to "smelly jerks" and these people were given that name by Columbus and were really pissed off about it, that would be a different matter. It is simply their name. My understanding (and lord knows that doesn't count for much) is that Florida State has a good relationship with the Seminole people and they are fine with it. The Fighting Irish (I hope they never win another game) has always been intended as a positive attribute, not negative. Blackhawks is a tribe and the name is used by countless sports teams. I'm sure they don't have relations with most of those teams. The NHL team? Who knows. Not every tribe will get it's shorts in a knot over this kind of thing. The Fighting Sioux is far more interesting to me. I believe they intended the name in a mainly positive light and the "Fighting" aspect doesn't seem to be at issue, but whether or not the Sioux people are offended by the word Sioux is a different matter. It's one of these words that has multiple origin stories, at least one of which is negative - that Sioux is a derogatory word used by a different tribe. I know the people closest to here refer to themselves as Lakota, but do they get mad when someone calls them Sioux? I have no idea. Context is the only rule of thumb that is of any use. The context of Washington's team is only negative and insulting. There is no second choice or reasonable doubt. At some point spending all our time apoligizing for hundreds of years of colonialism is a waste of everyone's time. History unfolded the way it did. But I also won't pretend that one of the NFL's 32 franchises has something other than a racial slur as a name. And the Cleveland Indians have the most racist looking mascot in sports. Just phase that thing out already.

Depending on who you believe the Browns were either named after Paul Brown, the original coach, GM and part owner of the Browns or Named after Joe "the Brown Bomber" Louis, and most definitely in homage of him as the greatest boxer in the world at that time. So where do you want to take this? That it's option B but that the team was somehow insulting Louis? Or that the nickname Louis had was bad and the team should have nothing to do with it? For what it's worth I've never heard of Louis being insulted by his own nickname, but that doesn't mean it wasn't the case. And if so, what should the Blue Bombers do, as their name is also a homage to Joe Louis, with the difference being our jerseys are blue while the Browns are brown? Here's a whole bunch of doors; I'm curious to see which ones you pick and why. Extra points if you can bring this around to boxing smurfs.

Having read and re-read his post I don't see that stated or even implied anywhere. In the off chance I'm missing it could you quote and highlight that part for me? My question was a genuine one - why do you feel this term, which is difficult to argue isn't negative, which most definitely and literally identifies an ethnicity by the colour of skin should be considered completely different? And yes, I certainly hope your opinion will have more substance to it than a dislike of PC police, but it doesn't have to.

Then perhaps you could explain why this derogatory name used to identify an ethnicity by the colour of its skin is different.

Amish people are mennonite. As am I. Now if you'll excuse me, this butter isn't going to churn itself!

Lots of Goossens in southern MB. I'm sure we can make him feel right at home (if home was an Amish homestead).

Hmm, I have all those things - maybe I should go to work for the PA... First tip I'd have for them - in a league where you have one person propping up 2 of 9 teams and losing millions every year to do it just because he loves the CFL so much, don't try and assert that the owners are greedy. Not a believable talking point.