Sunday, March 19, 2006

Will it Ever End?

I guess not. Now we have a demand to change a college sports team logo so as to not be bad to animals. Someone thinks the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks logo shouldn't have claws. But would it not just be a chicken without the claws? "The Chicken University" sure sounds impressive!

"A state senator says the University of South Carolina needs to rethink its Fighting Gamecock mascot if the Legislature passes tougher penalties on cockfighting....

USC traces its gamecock history to Revolutionary War leader Thomas Sumter, whose fearlessness led the British to call him "South Carolina Game Cock.""

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