O/T another team making a name change

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24027457

apparently Washington redskins may lose the Redskins as its offensive to other types of onion :/

But seriously , i never really considered redskin to be offensive , im sure for the club its not meant in any disrespectful way

why do people get wound up so much

 

Yep, just looked out of the window and the little blighters have started circling; how spiffing, they're on the roof now . . .

 

I can think of a few groups of people where the "Washing" part of the name should be more offensive.

 

This has been going on for some years now and was the result of a protest by Native American Indian elders. In defence of their protest their legal representative said that the African Americans would soon be jumping up and down if they were called the Washington 'N-word's!!! The American Indians are the ones who find the word offensive. Perhaps the Washington 'Reds' would satisfy all concerned.
This 'name-changing' has been going on here in Oz for some time now especially when the Australian Rules games went national. Looking at most league ladders now you will find that North Melbourne are now the "Kangaroo's" whilst Brisbane are the "Lions", Sydney the "Swans" , Essendon the "Bombers" etc., etc.,
I have noticed that in a number of National Dailies the English Premier League has us down as Hull Tigers and not Hull City.