Are you jioking? I don't see any <sarcasm> </sarcasm> or smily faces.

On 10/23/05, Dawson, Michael wrote:
> I graduated from a high school whose mascot was a "Southern Rebel" hence
> the name South Spencer Rebels.
>
> The mascots colors were red, white and blue.  The rebel also waved a
> confederate flag.  Well, as you can guess, some minorities were offended
> by this.
>
> My dad still works for the school corp and I remember him telling me, a
> few years ago, that due to political issues, the corp had to remove the
> confederate flag completely.  I also think the rebel man was to be
> retired as well.
>
> They still retain the name "Rebels", but without the history of the
> mascot.
>
> Get over yourselves, people.  It's just a sign/flag/name/etc.
>
> What about the people that move to Santa Claus, IN?  If they don't still
> believe in Santa Claus, why don't they sue the town to change its name?
> "It sends a false message to our children that Santa Claus really
> exists."
>

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