When I was a lieutenant in Korea (1988-89) my brigade executive officer introduced me to a term: Oxygen thief. Used for a worthless buerocrates enforcing a worthless regulation or making something out of nothing to justify their worthless existence. Since those days I've seen multiple examples of these and here is a large group that really need reality therapy.
University’s Popular Mascot Deemed ‘Polarizing’ For Being a White Man
Almost the opposite version of the Washington Redskins name controversy has emerged at the University of Denver. The mascot for DU’s sports teams, the Pioneers, used to be “Denver Boone,” a Daniel Boone–esque frontiersman figure, until he was retired in 1998 for not properly representing the student body because of his race and gender; a university committee recently decided they simply won’t replace him.
“Boone was a polarizing figure that did not reflect the growing diversity of the DU community, but rather was an image that many women, persons of color, international students and faculty members found difficult to relate to as defining the pioneering spirit,” the university’s chancellor said in a statement earlier this year.
Despite the chancellor’s concerns, Denver Boone is actually quite popular with the DU community. This year, a 76-member committee made up of students, faculty, and alumni conducted several surveys and forums to find a new mascot, and the cartoonish frontiersman garned the most support from those surveyed. But the committee said it never considered Denver Boone, and ultimately never decided on a mascot. Further, during a /u>poll conducted by the campus newspaper this May, Denver Boone was again the most-preferred mascot — as a write-in choice, not featured as an actual option.
For the time being, DU has no official mascot..
Chancellor, you really need to get a clue. The few morons complaining about this mascot do not represent you student or alumni. So please, concentrate on things that are important like educating you students and eliminating oxoygen thieves life the Women Studies department, etc. If I have to explain why they are worthless, you need to eliminate ourself from the public payroll.
I read about this yesterday and thought--do *adults* really have a problem with this???
ReplyDeleteAdults, no. But you are not dealing with adults here. "Man-Child" and "Woman-Child" would be more appropriate description. The problem is they are likely bureaucrats making 6 figure salaries at this state funded university. An adult would likely say, when presented with this issue, say "I got real problems to deal with, go away!"
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