Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:26:15 -0500
Reply-To: Tom Torrella <ttorrella4@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Tom Torrella <ttorrella4@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Fryeday, PG13
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Wish I was....... Amazing the controls on society....
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/16565434/utah-school-passes-on-cougars-as-mascot
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Utah school district has decided against using "Cougars" as a mascot for a new high school in part because of the negative connotation of the word in popular culture.
Canyons School District Superintendent David S. Doty says the selection of "Chargers" as mascot was driven by the desire for originality, despite a poll of some future students that showed 26 percent in favor of using the cougar.
At least three Utah schools, including Brigham Young University, use cougar as a mascot.
Doty says public comments reflect a desire to be different, but he also notes that some see the word cougar as carrying a "negative double entendre."
The term cougar in popular culture can refer to women in their 40s who have sex with younger men.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
On Jan 20, 2012, at 6:52 PM, Mike Miller <mwmiller6@att.net> wrote:
> you're kidding about the new High school...I hope?
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> Please tell us you're kidding.
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> Mike
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> On Jan 20, 2012, at 2:56 PM, Tom Torrella wrote:
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>> So will they be forced to rename these places? Obviously its not in Amerika. And to think they renamed, excuse me, TRIED to rename Jewfish Creek in the Florida keys so as not to 'offend' anyone. However, the actual fish was renamed 'Goliath Grouper". To many sensitivities involved..... PG13? P(uh)lease! Am guessing my sailor's vocabulary is really offensive too.
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>> A new high school was prohibited from using a cougar for it's mascot - guess the teachers or parents reputation ruined the innocence of those kids.
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>> :)
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>> On Jan 20, 2012, at 5:07 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
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>>> At 03:49 PM 1/20/2012, george jannini wrote:
>>>> "Latitude :N 47 31' 48.4" by Longitude W 53 32' 57.5", she replied.
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>>> Snicker...
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>>> 'Spect she'll be too cold to have all that much fun in Broad Cove.
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>>> ;->
>>> d
>>> Better hurry and go there before the name police catch up...
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