Daws if you believe football is trivial, you fail to see how deeply the sport has become rooted in American culture. As Example the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan actually postpones scheduled operations the day after the superbowl in most cases, not kidding, i've actually seen it.
5 of the first nations, five whole nations, Are you sure? what about the others? a 2004 poll of native Americans conducted by the Annenburg Election survey found that only 9% of interviewed Native Americans actually cared about the teams name. the history of a word is subjuctive to the manner in which it is recieved. For example: Swastika. what is your first thought? surely it's not the Hindu symbol for good fortune luck and well being, it's Nazi Germany and the holocaust. You can argue the word has a derogatory meaning, as almost any word can be made to mean something it's not intended at one time or another.
5 of the first nations, five whole nations, Are you sure? what about the others? a 2004 poll of native Americans conducted by the Annenburg Election survey found that only 9% of interviewed Native Americans actually cared about the teams name. the history of a word is subjuctive to the manner in which it is recieved. For example: Swastika. what is your first thought? surely it's not the Hindu symbol for good fortune luck and well being, it's Nazi Germany and the holocaust. You can argue the word has a derogatory meaning, as almost any word can be made to mean something it's not intended at one time or another.
