Let's kill all the Belgians

[Werewolf]

I took it as a joke immediately. It seems to me that too many people get offended by too much that has been labeled "political correct"

This has nothing to do with political correctness. It fails at satire because it is so poorly done. It reads as the rantings of a mentally challenged psychopath. Politically correct or incorrect, it's just not funny. It's creepy.

It reminds me of a story my uncle from Arizona sent me several years back. It seems that there was a group of Native Americans that were so offended by the Indian nicknames in American sports (Redskins, Indians, Braves etc.) that they named their school team "The Fighting Whiteys".

That satire also didn't work because it failed to take into consideration the very reason why words like Redskins are hurtful. White people do not have a history of oppression and being treated like animals by Native tribes. Redskin is a racial slur. Maybe most sports fans don't know this or if they do, they just don't care. It's like having an NFL team called the N-word.

[jwyblejr]

Why are they picking on Belgians? Now the French I can understand.

[wolfie]

Why are they picking on Belgians? Now the French I can understand.

We are coming to them shortly.

[Gorn Captain]

Why are they picking on Belgians? Now the French I can understand.

I'm writing a book about the French as we speak.
It's a cookbook...

[Bill]

Blecchhhhh.... I'd rather eat Lutefisk than the French.

[Tyme2tyme]

That satire also didn't work because it failed to take into consideration the very reason why words like Redskins are hurtful. White people do not have a history of oppression and being treated like animals by Native tribes. Redskin is a racial slur. Maybe most sports fans don't know this or if they do, they just don't care. It's like having an NFL team called the N-word.

That is so wrong when you take into account the reasons for the nicknames. Teams tend to choose names from the indians such as Braves, Redskins and the such due to the respect these people have for their bravery and tenaciousness. The teams pick names to garner respect and honor and/or history (Steelers, Patriots, Eagles etc) They don't dishonor indians any more than they would pick a name (N- word?) such as losers, idiots or hairy droolers.

[Bill]

This has nothing to do with political correctness. It fails at satire because it is so poorly done. It reads as the rantings of a mentally challenged psychopath. Politically correct or incorrect, it's just not funny. It's creepy.

That's the beauty of humor; what's funny to some isn't to others. What a boring world it would be without a few twisted laughs.

[Werewolf]

The teams pick names to garner respect and honor and/or history (Steelers, Patriots, Eagles etc) They don't dishonor indians any more than they would pick a name (N- word?) such as losers, idiots or hairy droolers.

Redskins is a racial slur. No way to dance around that or sugar coat it. Using a racial slur doesn't honor anyone. Not to mention team Mascots like Baseball's Chief Wahoo are the equivalent of the derogatory stereotype caricatures once used to depict African Americans.

I'm not totally against using Native American names and characters as team names and mascots as rule. But I do find it irritating when they are obviously used in an offensive way.