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<blockquote data-quote="Adam Whetham" data-source="post: 41084" data-attributes="member: 40">Re: When Political Correctness BackfiresA friend of mine said a few weeks ago that we just change it to the fighting Bohemians, Fighting Swedes, or Fighting Norwegians. Seeing as that&#039;s what most of the ancestry is around here. The NCAA doesn&#039;t seem all that offended by the Fighting Irish, so we should be cool there in his mind.His logic as skewed as it is (he&#039;s a supporter of the nickname) does hold a small bit of merit in the fact that the Irish were persecuted when they came over here. Though not anywhere close to the amount the native american tribes were.Having friends from the Spirit Lake tribe, most are also divided. Most of the younger crowd has no issue with it. I would assume its because they have grown up with it their whole life. Where as the older generation has pro&#039;s and con&#039;s to both sides. But mostly con&#039;s.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Adam Whetham, post: 41084, member: 40"] Re: When Political Correctness Backfires A friend of mine said a few weeks ago that we just change it to the fighting Bohemians, Fighting Swedes, or Fighting Norwegians. Seeing as that's what most of the ancestry is around here. The NCAA doesn't seem all that offended by the Fighting Irish, so we should be cool there in his mind. His logic as skewed as it is (he's a supporter of the nickname) does hold a small bit of merit in the fact that the Irish were persecuted when they came over here. Though not anywhere close to the amount the native american tribes were. Having friends from the Spirit Lake tribe, most are also divided. Most of the younger crowd has no issue with it. I would assume its because they have grown up with it their whole life. Where as the older generation has pro's and con's to both sides. But mostly con's. [/QUOTE]

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