02-18-12, 08:06 AM | #1 |
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It’s not likely to lead to federal lawsuits, legislative action or statewide petition drives, but another nickname controversy has erupted, this time in Utah.
Future students at a high school scheduled to open in 2013 recently voted on a nickname for their sports teams, a number of news sources reported today. The top vote-getter, with 23 percent, was Cougars. One might think that makes sense. After all, the teams at Brigham Young University, the premiere athletic operation in Utah, are known as the Cougars. But members of the School Board in Draper, Utah, soon to be home to Corner Canyon High School, demurred. The name “Cougars” might be offensive, they said, to some women. Thanks to a current network TV show and other uses, the term “cougar” has worked its way into the language as a reference to older women who seek the companionship of younger men. So, the School Board said, Corner Canyon High’s teams will be the Chargers. Reaction has been resoundingly negative, much of it along the “political correctness run amuck” lines. Responding to an account posted on USA Today’s website, Joe Gulick of the University of Northern Iowa wrote, “This needs to show up in Sports Illustrated’s signs of the apocalypse. I think God is going to decide he’s finally seen enough.”
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02-18-12, 08:28 AM | #2 |
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The American way, Charge it on credit card and then marry a rich cougar to pay it all off....
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02-18-12, 10:30 AM | #3 |
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There's also the chance that they meant it THAT way. Teenagers watch TV too. When I was a teenager,,, oh well, that's another story.
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02-18-12, 10:55 AM | #4 |
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Well there is some more PC Nazis that need their a** kicked!
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There is nothing wrong with cougars in my opinion.
Either one, haha.
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The one thing about cougars is that there snarl is worse than there bite as most of there teeth are not there own.
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I met a cougar for a blind date once. She had so many liver spots I think she was a leopard.
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Quote:
Ya never go back.
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Nothing sends me into a blind rage quicker than people being overly PC. I used to work in Guantanamo. I used up my ability to be PC about 3 months into my year there.
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All depends on if there's also a place to set my drink.
Stick...you may be talking LOVE!
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