Indians pissed off about Bin Ladens code name LOL

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Of all the stupid to get riled up about...

[ElNono]

Geraldo was already taken...

[diego]

Well, Geronimo has a more "militaristic" feel. For instance, the people who jump out of planes in the movies who shout "Geronimo!!!" aren't probably intending for the jump to be symbolic of anything Geronimo actually did.

Geronimo is used as a battle cry because he was known for his bravery in facing insurmountable odds. It is absolutely symbolic for his name to be used in the context of a skydiver, and regrettable for it to be used as a codename for a terrorist. I know several people named after him, even a woman.

Did the people who chose the codename intentionally choose his name to piss of native americans? of course not. Does that excuse them for not having thought of a better name? No.

If the codename had been Jesus, MLK, or Trump, there would be criticism and the main argument would be "how could you not know that christians / african americans / rich white me-err, republicans would be offended by those codenames?". Native americans are complaining that the general US culture does not take them into account the way they do christians / african americans/ republicans, which is a shame. Immigrants and minority groups from around the world have more rights in the US than the actual native peoples.

of course, when native americans ask for a little respect from their modern government its PC bull from the hyper sensitive. but when paying customers dont get the service they expect from their cellphones (even when the manuals warn about reception problems and information tracking), that is grounds for a congressional inquiry, as they clearly have a serious problem that demands national attention.

[MannyIsGod]

Geronimo is used as a battle cry because he was known for his bravery in facing insurmountable odds. It is absolutely symbolic for his name to be used in the context of a skydiver, and regrettable for it to be used as a codename for a terrorist. I know several people named after him, even a woman.

Did the people who chose the codename intentionally choose his name to piss of native americans? of course not. Does that excuse them for not having thought of a better name? No.

If the codename had been Jesus, MLK, or Trump, there would be criticism and the main argument would be "how could you not know that christians / african americans / rich white me-err, republicans would be offended by those codenames?". Native americans are complaining that the general US culture does not take them into account the way they do christians / african americans/ republicans, which is a shame. Immigrants and minority groups from around the world have more rights in the US than the actual native peoples.

of course, when native americans ask for a little respect from their modern government its PC bull from the hyper sensitive. but when paying customers dont get the service they expect from their cellphones (even when the manuals warn about reception problems and information tracking), that is grounds for a congressional inquiry, as they clearly have a serious problem that demands national attention.

[DarrinS]

Did the people who chose the codename intentionally choose his name to piss of native americans? of course not. Does that excuse them for not having thought of a better name? No.

It's silly, petty bull .

Of course, when native americans ask for a little respect from their modern government its PC bull from the hyper sensitive.

They deserve respect and were not disrespected by this codename.

[CosmicCowboy]

They should have code named him "Popeye"....

[MannyIsGod]

It's silly, petty bull .



They deserve respect and were not disrespected by this codename.

So you get to tell other people when they were disrespected?