Washington Redskins

[L Verge]

Thanks for the synopsis of Lincoln's interaction with the visiting chiefs, Roger. I didn't even have this in mind when I posed the question of what Abraham and his father would have thought about slurring the Indians. I was relating to Thomas Lincoln having seen his father killed by Indians and Abe having fought Indians in the Blackhawk War.

This synopsis however does show Mr. Lincoln doing a little slurring on his own. The term "paleface" isn't heard much any more, but he used it several times (showing what the Indians called us white folk), and he also referred to "red brethren." Should we clean up his speeches to make them p.c.?

BTW: Other than it being the principle of the matter, I haven't understood why Dan Snyder doesn't cave in and change the name to Washington Warriors. There are certainly many ethnicities who can proudly claim warriors in their heritage. Of course, the name was originally chosen, I think, by one of America's great statesmen, George Marshall.