From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Racism Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 05:56:46 -0400
On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 02:50:54AM -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
> Cute, but the name would still be offensive to Native Americans. > > Personally, I still think it's absolutely ridiculous that the judge > ruled against them.
What law are they breaking by naming their sports team "Redskins"?
I thought I posted a response to this earlier, but perhaps it didn't go through?
Well, obviously the judge didn't think any laws had been broken, but the federal law in question was established in 1946 and prohibits the gov't from registering a trademark that disparages any race, religion or other group.
Jon
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