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| Is "Kemosabe" Racist? | |
| 2004-12-23 | |
| Hat tip: The Corner EFL. Oh, ferchrissakes HALIFAX - The Supreme Court of Canada is being asked to hear arguments on whether the word "kemosabe" is racist to native people. The request comes from the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, which is dealing with a grievance dating back to 1999. "Justice" running a little slow, is it? *snip* Last February, a human rights board of inquiry ruled Moore was not discriminated against because she hadn't shown she was offended by the word, nor did she ask her boss to stop using it. Typical. Guess he's supposed to be a mind reader. Second choice: She's an idiot.
My, my - methinks someone's got an agenda. *snip* The board of inquiry spent one day looking at old Lone Ranger shows, eventually concluding that the term was never used in a derogatory way and that Tonto and the Lone Ranger treated each other with respect. Uh, guys - it didn't take those of us who watched the originals a whole day to figure that out. Or were you just enjoying the shows? The Supreme Court has yet to decide if it will hear the appeal. That will probably depend on (a) whether they've seen The Lone Ranger, (b) whether they want to see the shows again, (c) how desperate they are to take on an idiot case, and (d) whether the majority of the Canadian Supreme Court has an agenda, too. Good luck, Canucks. You definitely need it. | |
| Posted by:Barbara Skolaut |
| #11 sounds like she was thinking with her squaw |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-23 10:16:50 PM |
| #10 In the US there are 4 busineses listed under Kemosabe and 7 enterprises calling themselves Kemo Sabe. Ya think they are intentionally offending their customers? For "The Definitive Word on 'Kemo Sabe'" check this link. It seems that Canadian lawyers don't have enough to do. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-12-23 9:17:01 PM |
| #9 What I heard was that "kemosabe" was a corruption of the Spanish "quien mas sabe"-- in English, "he who knows more". If so, Tonto was just kinda sucking up..... |
| Posted by: Wuzzalib 2004-12-23 8:31:03 PM |
#8 Wasn't there an old song or something?The Lone Ranger and Tonto rode the trail,catching outlaws and putting them in jail.:-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-12-23 8:12:38 PM |
| #7 I thought that "kemosabe" meant friend or buddy. I also seem to remember that the reason the Lone Ranger had cowboy superpowers was because he was raised by Indians rather than whites. Also, having an Indian sidekick that could track, fight, shoot, and move silently was supposed to be cool, not bigoted. Soooo..... racist? Come again? |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2004-12-23 3:56:06 PM |
| #6 What do you mean we, white man? |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-12-23 1:45:30 PM |
| #5 Tom - that would probably work. Of course, it would involve stoning or beheading her.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-12-23 1:31:54 PM |
| #4 This is Canada we're talking about: let them settle it under sharia law. |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-12-23 1:25:27 PM |
#3 Are we limited to an either/or here?Not in this case. Or most cases like this. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-12-23 1:23:19 PM |
| #2 Now about thet word, "tonto".... |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-12-23 12:00:36 PM |
| #1 "Justice" running a little slow, is it? Well, Canuckia does have a higher likelihood of having glaciers..... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-23 11:46:17 AM |