- Joined
- Oct 4, 2005
- Messages
- 69,534
- Reaction score
- 15,450
- Gender
- Undisclosed
- Political Leaning
- Very Conservative
Read the first amendment. It's kind of obvious.
What are the first five words?
Read the first amendment. It's kind of obvious.
Trademark registry deals with words...of course they are empowered to make decisions on speech. Besides, they did not say Snyder can't us the word. They said he can no longer register it. You really need to study up on the actual meaning of "free speech."
BTW, trademark registration has a long list of rules for which words can and cannot be registered.
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/840z57sGCyU/0.jpg
Well, now it's been cancelled.The trademark was already registered.
You've obviously never been marginalized and alienated.
9 out of 10 people enjoy gang rape. Do you have a poll that says otherwise?
Where are they granted that authority specifically? Citation, please.
No. Braves, Indians, Seminoles, Hawks...are all OK sans the offensive caricatures, but Redskins is a racial slur.
Anyone can use it. It can't be registered. Big difference.
Again. Anyone can use any image they want. However, trademarking it, legally registering it, is no longer being allowed.
What are the first five words?
No, they can't decide what's offensive and what isn't.
I think we should bombard the patent office with applications for logos using, "nigger, spick, gook, beaner, kike, dego, fag, bitch and/or mackeral smacker" and watch their heads explode.
They register trademark names. It was just a setup for that First Amendment argument I knew was coming.
I never claimed otherwise, did I? No.
You said, "Disparaging my ass." So yeah, you kind of did.
Do you have a poll or not? You're the one who keeps saying it offends them and marginalizes them. Link to a poll?
You do love typing racial slurs, don't you?
I personally don't care if the Redskins are called the Redskins or the Hounds or the Dickheads. As a Giants fan, I will hate them no matter what.
What I detest in this story is exactly what you said here (bolded part). I'm amazed that not everyone shares our concern.
Your point? Are you aware of the term "Patent law".
It offends 10%. That's enough for me. Why do you think offense should be put to a vote?
Is that what the website said?
The name was registered already.
So this isn't about making anything right for the Native Americans, it was all just to get the government to arbitrate the trademark. Wow, is that a victory for anyone?
62 schools in 22 states, and such schools have been changing their names rapidly. What's that, 62 out of 100000 highschools? And fewer each year. They can all change. No big deal.
So it's offensive (to you), but anyone can use it, so all that's been accomplished is prohibiting a trademark on it. Got it.
You love whining about me doing, but you're strangely silent when others do it. Huh?
Where is the right to a patent in the Constitution?
If 10% of the people on here were offended by your avatar, you'd change it, right? Without hesitation, and without thinking?
You do it more than everyone else combined. Huh?