"Pistol Pete" disarmed

[jlujan69]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050815/ap_on_sp_co_ne/aggie_mascot_1

 

[ALABALE]

Isn't this sad? We are becoming so politically correct and not wanting to offend anyone we go to extremes! Sad! Something so miniscule yet it causes front page news!

 

[dmp]

I hate liberals...for reasons like this.

 

[tiggercat]

I hate liberals...for reasons like this.

hmmmm

The decision to remove the pistol had more to do with a consensus when picking from several designs of the new logo, rather than any push for the mascot to stop brandishing a weapon, Boston said.


He acknowledged there are mixed feelings among alumni, but said he has heard more positive feedback than negative

 

[Buckeye]

More PC bravo sierra.

 

[InnerPhyre]

Oh the sheer idiocy......

 

[Vylo]

Leave it to a college.......

I did like college, but the PC in those places is stagnating. Freedom of speech my butt.

 

[tulc]

I hate liberals...for reasons like this.

Well we love you anyway.
tulc( )

 

[dmp]

hmmmm

What does that have to do with my quote? I guarantee no right-minded person thought up the idea to remove Pete's Pistol.

 

[tiggercat]

What does that have to do with my quote? I guarantee no right-minded person thought up the idea to remove Pete's Pistol.

I won't say how that sounds.

 

[Moros]

NMSU also has unveiled new football uniforms and helmets, and officially designated crimson and white as its colors, eliminating black from all uniforms.

Uh..

 

[dmp]

btw - best mascot name EVER...

www.fightingwhites.org

 

[Brimshack]

The article contains an explicit statement to the effect that the new mascot was NOT chosen as a result of concerns about the weapon, and still it triggers an outbreak of PC bashing? The only political correctness I see in this issue is a concerted effort to malign those who don't share the values of the PC bashers.

 

[JPPT1974]

Isn't that what was the late NBA great Pete Marivich was called?

 

[trunks2k]

I love how everyone is going on about how it was all a PC decision, etc. When the article says:

"The decision to remove the pistol had more to do with a consensus when picking from several designs of the new logo, rather than any push for the mascot to stop brandishing a weapon, Boston said."

It doesn't seem that it was about the weapon, it was just about simple design. Schools residesign mascots at times. My school had the Dragon for a mascot. It used to look mean and thin. Now it looks kinda short and fat and comical (I guess to better mirror the performance of our sports teams).

 

[tiggercat]

I love how everyone is going on about how it was all a PC decision, etc. When the article says:

"The decision to remove the pistol had more to do with a consensus when picking from several designs of the new logo, rather than any push for the mascot to stop brandishing a weapon, Boston said."

It doesn't seem that it was about the weapon, it was just about simple design. Schools residesign mascots at times. My school had the Dragon for a mascot. It used to look mean and thin. Now it looks kinda short and fat and comical (I guess to better mirror the performance of our sports teams).

I tired to point that out but you know those darn liberals ruining the country.

 

[fyodoros]

the truth seems to elude many posters on this board.

 

[tiggercat]

the truth seems to elude many posters on this board.

ain't that the truth

 

[TheBear]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050815/ap_on_sp_co_ne/aggie_mascot_1

Yeah. I heard that on the news.

eh...I'm not surprised anymore. It has become predictable.

 

[MadeInOz]

Oh no! he's losing his second amendment rights! Where's the ACLU and the NRA when you need them? (were they ever needed? - ed)