I am serious about the Rebels mascot. I'm joking about Santa Claus, IN!
M!ke -----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 12:01 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: a twist on the separation of church and state 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." > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:177894 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
