Mon, 15 Aug 2005

'Pistol Pete' Mascot Will Lose Pistol

Just when I thought I'd seen the height of politically correct stupidity in mascot names, this shows up.

So I want to lodge my own protest with the professional sports leagues - as an American of Hiberno-Scandinavian descent, I am horribly offended by those horned helmets on the Minnesota Vikings (terribly historically inaccurate, and promoting savagery!), and the diminutive leprechaun (what a racist image!) of the Boston Celtics! These just have to go before they mortally wound my ethnic pride!!!

AP - New Mexico State University's mascot, Pistol Pete, is being disarmed. University officials have also stripped the word "Pistol" from Pete's name. The new logo shows Pete twirling a lasso. The old Pete toted a pistol.

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