Politically Correct

Another example of how crazy our country has become was in the paper this morning. There is a college in South Carolina called Newberry. They actually wanted me to come teach there once, but I never did. The drive would have been too far. But, their mascot is the Indian. But, somebody complained to the NCAA that it wasn't politically correct to call them the Indians, so they are having to change their name to something else that they are going to have to vote on later. I went to Anderson College. Their mascot is the Trojans. That is also the name of a condom. Should the right to life folks complain about that name? I also went to Presbyterian College, which has the same initials as "politically correct". PC is far from politically correct in many ways. But their mascot is Blue Hose. What? It took me almost two years to figure that one out. It has something to do with Scotland and socks. But, could the Irish or people who don't wear socks complain about that name? TCU's mascot is the horned frog. We used to call it the horny frog. At any rate, are we making fun of a species? The University of South Carolina's mascot is the Gamecock. They were told a few years back that they couldn't say "Go Cocks", because it offended somebody, but folks still do it. The Gamecock is a fighting chicken or rooster. Is that offensive because of some people being arrested for training fighting birds for sport? Kind of like fighting dogs. Ask Michael Vick. And what about Georgia Tech? Theirs is the Yellow Jacket. A flying bug that stings. I am allergic to bug stings. I swell up. My uncle was so allergic, he would have to go to the hospital, if he got stung, or could have even died. Sounds like Georgia Tech should be more sensitive to allergies. So, the point I am making here is that you can take things a little too far. Just for your own agenda and seeing your name in the paper. Let's all just try and get along. Oh, and if the Indians are so upset about Newberry, why don't they change their official names to something like Apache Native Americans Who Aren't Really Native To This Country? If they were, they would be Eskimos.