Bound to happen: animal names under attack

[jimdahl]

USC's response to a reqest that they change away from "game cocks":

http://uscnews.sc.edu/news/gamecock.htm

(Edited by jimdahl at 12:42 pm on Oct. 18, 2001)

[leifolson]

Gawd, I love PETA!!!!!!

[dagies]

I'd like to see HER letter.  Wonder what their complaint is......

[ScottM]

You just know Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Florida, etc., etc. are next on PETA's list.  What bunch of maroons.  

[The Sicatoka]

Remember:

Eagles and Bison are sacred animals in American Indian religion.

[The Sicatoka]

There's a blurb about nicknames at some SD high schools and mention of the "Gamecocks" in here.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,36956,00.html

[ScottM]

Try as I might, and as a lawyer I can be pretty creative and cynical in my thinking, I just cannot imagine how these clowns think that changing the name of a school's athletic team will have one iota of impact in the lives of real people, or animals.    I suppose if all team names met with their approval, these people would find soon something else to whine about.  "The team colors offend left-handed lesbians with dyslexia from Mongolia ..."  Unreal.

[leifolson]

As a flower lover, I vehemently oppose New York University's nickname of the Violets...it is demeaning to flowers everywhere to have their beautiful colors and petal textures used in such an unholy situation as a sporting event.