The Most Offensive Sports Team

• Commander of Awesome

  

  
  
  Edmonton Swastikas Hockey Team 1916
  
  
  http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Edmonton-Swastikas-Suddenly-Mighty-Ducks-isn-t?urn=nhl-96279
• BR1986FB

  Team logo FAIL.
• gerb131

  

  Is that Edmund Hitler coaching?
• BR1986FB

  gerb131;831061 wrote:Is that Edmund Hitler coaching?

  
  No...a great great uncle of Rashard Mendenhall.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Redskins, currently
• Commander of Awesome

  

  BR1986FB;831064 wrote:No...a great great uncle of Rashard Mendenhall.

  
  lol
• THE4RINGZ

  

  The word swastika came from the Sanskrit word svastika, meaning any lucky or auspicious object, and in particular a mark made on persons and things to denote good luck. It is composed of su- meaning "good, well" and asti "to be" svasti thus means "well-being." The suffix -ka either forms a diminutive or intensifies the verbal meaning, and svastika might thus be translated literally as "that which is associated with well-being," corresponding to "lucky charm" or "thing that is auspicious."[1] The word in this sense is first used in the Harivamsa.[2] As noted by Monier-Williams in his Sanskrit-English dictionary, according to Alexander Cunningham, its shape represents a monogram formed by interlacing of the letters of the auspicious words su-astí (svasti) written in Ashokan characters.[3]
  
  The Sanskrit term has been in use in English since 1871, replacing gammadion (from Greek γαμμάδιο&#957. Alternative historical English spellings of the Sanskrit word include suastika, swastica and svastica.
  
  Pre-Nazi Germany I see nothing wrong with the use of that symbol as a sports teams moniker, post WWII I do see a problem with it.
• gerb131

  

  BR1986FB;831064 wrote:No...a great great uncle of Rashard Mendenhall.

  
  LOL Nice
• Mister Twister

  Loyola-Marymount, with Bo Kimble and Hank Gathers as players and Paul Westhead as coach, were very offensive from 1988-90.
• Thinthickbigred

  Commander of Awesome;831053 wrote:
  
  Edmonton Swastikas Hockey Team 1916
  for real ?? thats cool history not saying the wierd croses were cool but history is always repeating itself
  
  http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Edmonton-Swastikas-Suddenly-Mighty-Ducks-isn-t?urn=nhl-96279

  
  mmmmmm
• Thinthickbigred

  BR1986FB;831064 wrote:No...a great great uncle of Rashard Mendenhall.

  
  right . ask Jessy Owens if Hitler ever shook his hand.......The answer is no he hated "darkies" almost if not more than Jews
• Con_Alma

  I want to make sure I understand your post perfectly clear. You think Hitler hated dark skinned people more than Jews. Is that correct?
• ohiobucks1

  

  Thinthickbigred;831265 wrote:right . ask Jessy Owens if Hitler ever shook his hand.......The answer is no he hated "darkies" almost if not more than Jews

  
  Def. not
• DeyDurkie5

  

  owen wilson, 2nd row far right
• killer_ewok

  

  DeyDurkie5;831406 wrote:owen wilson, 2nd row far right

  
  LMFAO. Good call.
• hoops23

  

  DeyDurkie5;831406 wrote:owen wilson, 2nd row far right

  
  lol
• hasbeen

  

  Thinthickbigred;831265 wrote:right . ask Jessy Owens if Hitler ever shook his hand.......The answer is no he hated "darkies" almost if not more than Jews

  
  JessY Owens and Heins Ward think alike.
• skank

  

  pnhasbeen;831701 wrote:JessY Owens and Heins Ward think alike.

  
  Why, did Jessie like to have a few then get behind the wheel of a car too?
• Gardens35

  pnhasbeen;831701 wrote:JessY Owens and Heins Ward think alike.

  IP's match.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Gardens35;832818 wrote:IP's match.

  
  lol
• Little Danny

  

  THE4RINGZ;831141 wrote:The word swastika came from the Sanskrit word svastika, meaning any lucky or auspicious object, and in particular a mark made on persons and things to denote good luck. It is composed of su- meaning "good, well" and asti "to be" svasti thus means "well-being." The suffix -ka either forms a diminutive or intensifies the verbal meaning, and svastika might thus be translated literally as "that which is associated with well-being," corresponding to "lucky charm" or "thing that is auspicious."[1] The word in this sense is first used in the Harivamsa.[2] As noted by Monier-Williams in his Sanskrit-English dictionary, according to Alexander Cunningham, its shape represents a monogram formed by interlacing of the letters of the auspicious words su-astí (svasti) written in Ashokan characters.[3]
  
  The Sanskrit term has been in use in English since 1871, replacing gammadion (from Greek γαμμάδιο&#957. Alternative historical English spellings of the Sanskrit word include suastika, swastica and svastica.
  
  Pre-Nazi Germany I see nothing wrong with the use of that symbol as a sports teams moniker, post WWII I do see a problem with it.[/QUOTE]
  
  This. The swastika has been seen in recorded history going back some 3,000 years in numerous cultures, including China, India, Egypt and even with the Native Americans. The 2nd floor of the Courthouse in Washington County (Marietta) is tiled in the Native American Swastika. Obviously the tile was placed long before the National Socialist Party came into power.