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Patent office cancels Redskins trademarks

LOL.

Yea? Well I throw a red card of BS to you on your claim. For example, why don't you run your "No PC Police" fantasy by the good folks at Mozilla who fired Brendan Eich for exercising his rights as a US Citizen

they tried the same thing in 1996 and a judge threw it out then just like they will throw it out now. this is about the 4th or 5th time that someone has tried to do this and they have all failed each and every time.

this just goes to show how far out of whack that America has come.
 
they tried the same thing in 1996 and a judge threw it out then just like they will throw it out now. this is about the 4th or 5th time that someone has tried to do this and they have all failed each and every time.

this just goes to show how far out of whack that America has come.

To me, the most important detail in this latest round is the Government deciding to rule by whim, rather than by law. If the government doesn't like you, they can remove you. That should alarm everyone.
 
To me, the most important detail in this latest round is the Government deciding to rule by whim, rather than by law. If the government doesn't like you, they can remove you. That should alarm everyone.

I agree it is getting way out of hand.
 
What makes you think that it's no longer derogatory?

Because it is not a term that is used.

When wasa the last time you Heard somebody, anybody, refer to an Indian as a redskin?

This century? The last?

What makes you think it is still a derogatory term?
 
Because it is not a term that is used.

When wasa the last time you Heard somebody, anybody, refer to an Indian as a redskin?

This century? The last?

What makes you think it is still a derogatory term?
So, we can name a team the San Fransico Coolies in honor of the Chinese immigrants who arrived there in the 19th century?
 
Because it is not a term that is used.

When wasa the last time you Heard somebody, anybody, refer to an Indian as a redskin?

This century? The last?
What makes you think it is still a derogatory term?

Well for me not since I saw Peter Pan as a little girl. Although it never really struck me until I watched it again a couple years ago with my daughter.

 
So, we can name a team the San Fransico Coolies in honor of the Chinese immigrants who arrived there in the 19th century?

Can you stick to a topic just once?
 
Can you stick to a topic just once?

She said that since the term, "Redskin", isn't used anymore, it is no longer derogatory. Well "Coolie" is not used anymore either. So, is it too no longer derogatory?

This should be fun. No one uses "Kraut" anymore either. Do you think the Americans and the Krauts will be the two teams to emerge out of the FIFA Group of Death?
 
Well for me not since I saw Peter Pan as a little girl. Although it never really struck me until I watched it again a couple years ago with my daughter.



What a shame Disney can never release that movie again.

Think of how many redskins will be upset about that.
 
She said that since the term, "Redskin", isn't used anymore, it is no longer derogatory. Well "Coolie" is not used anymore either. So, is it too no longer derogatory?

I have never heard the term Coolie and it is not relevant to this conversation. Who is she by the way? I said that.
 
She said that since the term, "Redskin", isn't used anymore, it is no longer derogatory. Well "Coolie" is not used anymore either. So, is it too no longer derogatory?

This should be fun. No one uses "Kraut" anymore either. Do you think the Americans and the Krauts will be the two teams to emerge out of the FIFA Group of Death?

Nobody is talking about what to name a team today. I would think Kraut is still used.
 
Nobody is talking about what to name a team today. I would think Kraut is still used.

Only when ordering Dinner at a Hungarian Restaurant.
 
To me, the most important detail in this latest round is the Government deciding to rule by whim, rather than by law. If the government doesn't like you, they can remove you. That should alarm everyone.

That's what bothers me as well. I tried to say that to PoweRob last night but he thinks everyone is pissed at the 5 people who complained. They are irrelevant. The government overreach isn't.
 
That's what bothers me as well. I tried to say that to PoweRob last night but he thinks everyone is pissed at the 5 people who complained. They are irrelevant. The government overreach isn't.

There is no gvt overreach. They simply cancelled the registration. Think of it like a personalized license plate that no longer passes muster.
 
There is no gvt overreach. They simply cancelled the registration. Think of it like a personalized license plate that no longer passes muster.

Hi Calamity, I have no idea what the personalized license plate comment means. Please explain.
 
That's what bothers me as well. I tried to say that to PoweRob last night but he thinks everyone is pissed at the 5 people who complained. They are irrelevant. The government overreach isn't.
Sadly we will have to await the outcome of the trail to determine if this government overreach will be checked. I'm somewhat cynical about the outcome, placing very little faith in our courts system and even less in Washington DC, these days.
 
There is no gvt overreach. They simply cancelled the registration. Think of it like a personalized license plate that no longer passes muster.

not quite the same.

The NFL Redskins sell items with the name and logo.
license plates, not so much.

If you own a business and had your trademark for 47 years and today had the trademark taken away, how would you react?
 
So, we can name a team the San Fransico Coolies in honor of the Chinese immigrants who arrived there in the 19th century?

I didn't even know a Coolies was a Chinese immigrant. I think Coolies sounds like a cool a team name. C'mon Coolies! I could route for them.
 
Sports teams, whether school or pro, historically name their teams for something which is considered tough, strong, and able to fight. Teams using names such as redskins, warriors, or any other name which symbolizes Native Americans of old, is not an insult to them, but rather an observation that they are believed to have been mighty foes. I find it hard to believe that this is even an issue at all.
This point has always bugged me regarding this debate. You're right, nobody names a team with negative attributes in mind. When is the last time you saw the Seattle Sissies? Or, the Louisville Losers?

Ok, there is the US Santa Cruz Banana Slugs, but consider the source.
 
One more instance of communism creeping into government, at its best...make that worst. This GD country is doomed.
 
LOL.

Yea? Well I throw a red card of BS to you on your claim. For example, why don't you run your "No PC Police" fantasy by the good folks at Mozilla who fired Brendan Eich for exercising his rights as a US Citizen

In a free society, people have the right to disagree. What you are complaining about is that you don't want anyone to disagree with you and if they do disagree with you then you want to shut them down with the whole, "it's the PC Police" bull crap. People disagree all the time. Get over it. You are not a victim.
 
This point has always bugged me regarding this debate. You're right, nobody names a team with negative attributes in mind. When is the last time you saw the Seattle Sissies? Or, the Louisville Losers?

Ok, there is the US Santa Cruz Banana Slugs, but consider the source.

The California State Long Beach Baseball team is the Dirtbags. Seriously. I guess in little league around Long Beach, kids dream of being a Dirtbag one day.
 
You seem to be OK with this whole deal.

Is it OK for a government office to destroy a businesses financial future like this?

I really don't have a dog in this fight and my point has been that these folks have a right to make their claim against the team, the patent office has a right to hear and act or not act on these peoples' grievance and the team has the right to appeal. Nothing new here under the sun.

Just watching all these other people in here also with no dog in the fight take it all personal to the point where this thread has eclipsed most other threads in size is comical to me.

Not to mention that I'm rather sure pretty much very little if anyone has actually read the case. Just the biased stories that they like to read about the case. Stories written in a fashion that shores up their outrage they seem to so desperately need.
 
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