04/19/24
August 22, 2002
Satans no more. : A North Dakota high school voted to stop using its 80-year-old team name, the Satans. "[The public school board president] said that while a majority of the people would like to keep the name, there is a 'significant minority' that deserve to be respected." The high school? Devils Lake.
posted by kirkaracha to culture at 08:38 AM - 8 comments
Wimps. This is not a separation of church and state argument. Devil is a commonly held term across many cultures, and is held by many as simply a mythical figure. What if we called them the Apollos? Would that offend. People are too easily offended. This is such a logical contradiction: According to local supporters of the name change, it's an issue of separation of church and state. "I don't see how we as a people can remove God from schools and let his adversary remain." So it's a separation of church and state argument justified with a religious statement? What?
posted by insomnyuk at 09:49 AM on August 22, 2002
*sigh* Political correctness strikes again... Can't have anything that may offend anybody. I hate this planet.
posted by Drood at 11:50 AM on August 22, 2002
If the name is the plural of a figure who is considered singular in any one religion, isn't that promoting comparative religious studies, rather than one belief. I'm a little disappointed that the Satans never got to play against the Gods , the Prophets, or the Fighting Jesi.
posted by liam at 12:10 PM on August 22, 2002
Miroslav will be so disappointed.
posted by alex_reno at 04:12 PM on August 22, 2002
Funny you should say that about Miroslav. First time I saw his name, in one of the EA NHL games, I figured it was a gag:)
posted by Drood at 11:41 AM on August 23, 2002
ESPN's player number 666 is no joke. Here in Edmonton, we were all very disappointed when he was traded.
posted by alex_reno at 04:20 PM on August 23, 2002
Geez, first the Rigas mess and now this. How can we as a civilized society make it up to poor Miro?
posted by diastematic at 02:33 PM on August 24, 2002
According to local supporters of the name change, it's an issue of separation of church and state. "I don't see how we as a people can remove God from schools and let his adversary remain." And I guess Hell's Satans is completely out of the question.