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Updates from August, 2005 Toggle Comment Threads | Keyboard Shortcuts
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David Mulhern
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David Mulhern
This is from a book called, That Hideous Strength.
“I suppose there are two views about everything,” said Mark.
“Eh? Two views? There are a dozen views about everything until you know the answer. Then there’s never more than one.”
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David ALLEN
I suppose that if my comment on the thought in question is right and true…I will be the only one to comment???
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David Mulhern
David! What are you doing on a blog? How’s it going on the east side of things?
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David Mulhern
Well, I called in to my first talk show tonight. On KFYI they were talking about the NCAA forcing schools to remove any indian-inspired mascot name. As I was driving, I was thinking “They should!” Mostly because a few weeks ago we were looking up baseball teams and I was offended by some of their logos.
So I called in and asked her to the read the list of the banned nicknames. But they weren’t all that bad. I was expecting “Redskins” or something – but they were more like “Indians, Braves, Seminoles” and such – So then I didn’t really have a place to argue from.
Still, I was on the radio trying to stick up for Native Americans. Man, I wish I could have been listening – I’m sort of a wierd person, I bet the things I said sounded wierd.
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Tanner
David, considering your thoughts on Indian names, I think it should be complimentary and not considered slanderous. The names are use as mascots promoting the teams wellfare, not demolitioning it. By the way, have you driven through the Reservations lately? It is full of people that need help: no education, no motivation, no aspirations, and especially no God. It is a people addicted to laziness through our fault by the government. On one side there is thriving Scottsdale, and the other is a dirty world with people that just don’t know. We should be inspired to minister more to those communities through education, and motivation so the younger generations will grow up out of the older ignorance. That is just a thought though….oh well.
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David Mulhern
Yeah but a mascot is supposed to be a silly dancing guy dressed up in a suit for entertainment – like a gorilla or a bluejay or something. Plus, one of the teams was called the “savages”. That’s not very complimentary in my book.
At my work we are trying to do exactly what you’re talking about… We’ll see how it works out! They aren’t forgotten by us, that’s for sure …
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Tanner
Sounds good man! Yeah, The savages doesn’t sound very good. HA. Yeah I’m not doing anything either, I just saw the opportunity the other day.
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Mark McCowen
Lets suppose that tomorrow a baseball team decides to rename themselves “The Coons.” Their mascot dresses in a silly outfit that mimics a giant doll with oversized lips and runs around stumbling into walls and falling over his own feet. Would that be a compliment or would that offend you?
With that said, I’m not quite sure how productive renaming words are. If we take the word “dog” we have associations with that word, such as a dog has 4 legs, 2 eyes, they bark, have hair, etc. What if I was to rename the word dog into kubo. Nothing has changed. I still think of the dog as having 4 legs, 2 eyes, and still barks. Now I just call it a kubo instead of a dog. So David could explain to someone that Native Americans don’t like to be called Indians because they’re not from India. He could explain to them that Columbus thought that he found a new passage to India and as conqueror the name stuck. Let’s say the person agreed with David and starts saying Native American instead of Indians. The problem is that nothing has changed because the person will still thinks (for example) of Native Americans as being “addicted to laziness” and not having aspirations or motivation.
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David Mulhern
That’s true, the invisible internal meaning associated with the word. That only changes when you realize it’s not true. And that only happens if one actually spends a little time figuring out if what they believe is true.
and another thing – Click Here – What’s up with that?
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Nash
the bottom line is, we need more vegetables to act as mascots.
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David Mulhern
Why does he have to live in my side of counter! Jamie’s sink is the same size – They always have to pick on me. He’s mad that I walked into his room.
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jamie
maybe your side reminded him of being in the wild. roar.
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john
I’d like to know why you have a curling iron on your side of the counter.
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Jen
John,
I was thinking the exact same thing!
David?
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Evan Coury
Your kitty looks just like my girlfriend’s cat.
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David Mulhern
On Tuesday I walked outside and went for a walk. I just thought I’d post some pictures I took of the clouds and my neighborhood. You can click thumbnail for larger image if you want to.
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jamie
That was a beautiful sky.
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David Mulhern
I got a strange spam mail today at work:
“Call out Gouranga be happy!!!
Gouranga Gouranga Gouranga ….
That which brings the highest happiness!!”That was all it said. After some searching it’s some sort of Hare Krishna spam mail. Wierd. At least they aren’t selling anything.. tangible.
What’s also strange is if you do a google search on “gouranga” – The first link is the Grand Theft Auto site… hmm..
craig 7:00 pm on September 3rd Permalink | Log in to Reply
umm, awesome.
David Mulhern 2:44 pm on September 4th Permalink | Log in to Reply
Gee thanks Craig!