Redskins trademarks canceled by U.S. Patent Office

[Frostbit]

Suzan Shown Harjo filed a case in 1992. I asked earlier if she were an actual Indian. Nobody answered my question.

Motive? Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are real people of color. You think they really give a shit about black people?

[Norm dePlume]

Motive? Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are real people of color. You think they really give a shit about black people?

You asked if the movement came from Native Americans. If she's a Native American, then, yeah, I guess it did. If she just meant it as a shake down to get some money out of the franchise, then I'd say she's doing it wrong.

[Frostbit]

You asked if the movement came from Native Americans. If she's a Native American, then, yeah, I guess it did. If she just meant it as a shake down to get some money out of the franchise, then I'd say she's doing it wrong.

Why?

[Norm dePlume]

Why?

Because the franchise didn't give her any money.

[Frostbit]

Because the franchise didn't give her any money.

Hummmmmm!! I wonder if some other faction is. Things that make you go hummmmmmmmmmm

[Adam]

So the other 9% can go screw themselves?

Hell, 50% and more are offended by Obama. You'll gladly tell them that they can go screw themselves.

There is no right to not be offended in this country.



I'll repeat it so that hopefully it can sink in a little deeper: THERE IS NO RIGHT TO NOT BE OFFENDED IN THIS COUNTRY.


This is a case of the federal government deciding to utilize its power to somehow enforce that people aren't offended. That flies in the very face of everything upon which this country was founded.

[Norm dePlume]

Hell, 50% and more are offended by Obama. You'll gladly tell them that they can go screw themselves.

There is no right to not be offended in this country.



I'll repeat it so that hopefully it can sink in a little deeper: THERE IS NO RIGHT TO NOT BE OFFENDED IN THIS COUNTRY.


This is a case of the federal government deciding to utilize its power to somehow enforce that people aren't offended. That flies in the very face of everything upon which this country was founded.

There is no right to have a protected trademark in this country, either. No "endowed by their creator" natural right, at least.

So I'm sure you'll be happy to know that "Obama" is not a protected trademark and you won't have to pay a licensing fee every time you use it.

[phillygirl]

LOL!

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Okay...now that's funny!

[Novaheart]

There is no right to have a protected trademark in this country, either. No "endowed by their creator" natural right, at least.

So I'm sure you'll be happy to know that "Obama" is not a protected trademark and you won't have to pay a licensing fee every time you use it.

I think it's pretty obvious that this trademark thing is a workaround to force a business to do something that it could not be legally persuaded to do. So even if the workaround is legal, it's not an ethical use of government power. Moreover, Princess Bullshit and her handful of buddies simply do not have standing to declare offense for all the American Indians, even if you could define that term as being people who are at least three quarters Eurasian Migrant Stock of Pre- eurrocolonial Ancestry.

[Adam]

There is no right to have a protected trademark in this country, either. No "endowed by their creator" natural right, at least.

No, just one enshrined in the Constitution.

[Norm dePlume]

No, just one enshrined in the Constitution.

Article I, section 8, powers of Congress? That guarantees Daniel Snyder the right to a protected trademark on the "Washington Redskins"? You're gonna have to explain a little.

[Michele]

No, I envision a society in which those who are offended by a trademark can petition to have that trademark rescinded and if their case is found to be valid the trademark is rescinded regardless of how many other people you can find who don't care one way or the other.

What constitutes "valid" in this case?

[JB]

No, I envision a society in which those who are offended by a trademark can petition to have that trademark rescinded...

We're already there because she did. She lost.

[Adam]

Oh dear.

That's ... err ... racist ... or something.

[Celeste Chalfonte]

Hell, 50% and more are offended by Obama. You'll gladly tell them that they can go screw themselves.

There is no right to not be offended in this country.



I'll repeat it so that hopefully it can sink in a little deeper: THERE IS NO RIGHT TO NOT BE OFFENDED IN THIS COUNTRY.


This is a case of the federal government deciding to utilize its power to somehow enforce that people aren't offended. That flies in the very face of everything upon which this country was founded.

You're absolutely right. Let's name all the teams something like that. How about the Los Angeles Darkies and the New York Kikes? Texas Beaners?