Report: Tribe wants apology for use of the word "Geronimo" during raid
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Why? Do they ask for an apology when people jump out of planes?
Rep. LOL.
TheOrangeCat
AFK..being taken to the vet to get neutered.
The issue is a little more subtle than that .. by code naming Bin Laden Geronimo, they have equated a global mass murder with an iconic figure Native American figure; a man who, along with his people, were hunted, killed forced from their land and .. well, terrorized, by white settlers and the US government for centuries.
It was an incredibly stupid decision to use that name, but a decision that once again graphically demonstrates a disturbing inability by the US Government and its military to see beyond the tip of its own nose..
It was an incredibly stupid decision to use that name, but a decision that once again graphically demonstrates a disturbing inability by the US Government and its military to see beyond the tip of its own nose..
Jagger69
Three lullabies in an ancient tongue
:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh Great!!!
:dito: Of all the names to pick they choose an inspirational figure of a minority ethnic group/people. Some of the younger and less smarter Americans (which there seem to be a lot of) will now associate Geronimo with anti-American terrorism whereas he is seen as a brave fearless freedom fighter to the native Indians. Reading this you can understand their concern, from Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011...E74378U20110504?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews
I thought you'd already fucked them :dunno:
Legzman
what the fuck you lookin at?
agreed
Never go full retard...
holy shit. fuck them. who really cares other than them anyway?
"The impacts to Native and non-Native children are devastating," she said.
I can guarantee you...kids don't care.
Whatever makes you think that :dunno:
Teenagers post Twitter messages after Obama's announcement as they try desperately to find out who Bin Laden was
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ood-search-engines-Twitter.html#ixzz1LQm9XRV8
i hear that the whole story was made up, so there's no need to fret
vodkazvictim
Why save the world, when you can rule it?
Ideally such code names should be chosen entirely at random.
For example, codenaming a new aircraft penetrator/needle could result in tipping off enemy espionage thta the aircraft is a penetrator aircraft.
tartanterrier
Is somewhere outhere.
Huffpost Politics :dunno: Sounds like a pile of shit to me
Will E Worm
Conspiracy...
I agree. I want an apology from the racist Obama as well. :hammer:
US military equating a hero to a CIA created asset, like Osama.
And, Imus was a "racist" for saying nappy-headed hoes.
Where are Sharpton, Jackson, the ADL, and SPLC on this one?
Geronimo was protecting his homeland from a foreign invasion.
I don't see anyone saying "F" you to the black panthers or the NAACP plant Rosa Parks or anyone else for that matter. :nono:
US military equating a hero to a CIA created asset, like Osama.
And, Imus was a "racist" for saying nappy-headed hoes.
Where are Sharpton, Jackson, the ADL, and SPLC on this one?
Geronimo was protecting his homeland from a foreign invasion.
I don't see anyone saying "F" you to the black panthers or the NAACP plant Rosa Parks or anyone else for that matter. :nono:
Yet they are fine with Washington DC football team called the redskins....what the fuck?
No, they aren't fine with that, not one bit. Neither are they okay with the Cleveland Indians, Chicago Black Hawks, Atlanta Braves, or the Kansas City Chiefs. It's just that they never got above a mild whimper when it came to voicing their opinion about it as evidenced by you not ever hearing about it.
bahodeme
Closed Account
Actually they are not. There have been protests & lawsuits for the name & trademark to be changed starting in the mid eighties. I can't remember the reasons as far as court rulings on why it wasn't changed. But I can tell you that the Cookes (former owners) & Synder(current) aren't considering a change.
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