What about the Dairy Queen? Do you find that to be offensive?

Agreed !

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Anyone who thinks freedom comes cheap, please put the blindfold on and stand against the wall.

Many times I believe Americans will have to take back the country and start a new government.

Its a Free speech Violation. Just like 2 Tampa Bay Bucs fans sued the Buccaneers when ushers removed them from the stadium for saying FUCK Repeatly.And Now Malcom Glazier Settled with those fans by offering free season tickets to bucs games for life! And he says he will fire those employees who ejected those fans.

Sam, if you think this, why do you continue to use the F word. Is that not also bad manners???

Yup, I'm sure Gays don't like that.

We're not talking about outlawing words, we're talking about changing names. What the writer of the article was too polite to include is that the direct translation of squaw is 'cunt'.

In AZ, Squaw peak was just changed to Piestowa peak - after Lori Piestowa (a Hopi woman who died saving her brigade in the Iraq war). Can't say that I object.

Yeah, PC can get obnoxious and the culture of complaint and victimization is a pain - but it exists on all sides of the board. A little more common courtesy and we may actually get something done besides b*tching.

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And there is distrust in Washington. I am surprised, frankly, at the amount of distrust that exists in this town. And I'm sorry it's the case, and I'll work hard to try to elevate it." --George W. Bush, Jan. 29, 2007

What's with the Idaho hate here? Shit Bluff happens to be one of my favorite grouse-hunting areas. And Shit creek is famous for its brown trout!

The Shoshone are an interesting people, and Salmon is a lovely place to camp. And Sacajawea was Shoshone.

This, from your resident Idahoan.

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If common sense were common, we would all have it (including me).

Well, your translation of the word "squaw" is not considered correct by everybody. If it did, I would say the wish to rename places would be another matter.

According to Wikipedia the meaning is "young woman":

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President Josiah Bartlet: Sweden has a 100% literacy rate. 100%! How do they do that?
Leo McGarry: Maybe they don't and they can't add.

Damn right!

Yes, and the northern neighbour of the USA, the only country with an open border to the USA, is not a democracy. How can you allow the border to a nation which is not a democracy to be so open? People like Jim Carrey, Dan Akroyd, William Shatner, and Paul Shaffer must be working in the USA because they have fled from their undemocratic native country.

Neither is the UK, America's strongest and most reliable ally, a democracy, nor Japan, Australia, or Denmark, which all participated in the war in Iraq. Maybe the USA should invade them next?

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President Josiah Bartlet: Sweden has a 100% literacy rate. 100%! How do they do that?
Leo McGarry: Maybe they don't and they can't add.

According to the natives I know, the translation is cunt. While it does refer to women (young and old) it refers to that which makes them women in the physical sense. I forget what tribal language it was originally, but it spread through anglo usage. Here it is - Algonquin.

Italian

patata
topa
passera
bernarda
sorca

Spanish

almeja (literally, "clam")
cajeta
choro
chocho
chochita mia ("my little pussy")
chorito
concha (Latin American Spanish)
zorra
venocha
ascona (Galician Spain)
papo (Venezuelan)
zanja
boba (child's term)
vaina (Dominican Republic)

French

chatte (literally translates to "female cat")
moule (literally translates to "mussel")

Japanese

asoko (literally translates to "that place over there")
manko, omanko (derogatory slang)

Russian

pizda
pizdenka

Miscellaneous

boji (Korean)
ihir (Arabic)
tenki (Farsi)
yoni (Hindi)
umuswati (Kinyarwanda)
squaw (Algonquin)

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And there is distrust in Washington. I am surprised, frankly, at the amount of distrust that exists in this town. And I'm sorry it's the case, and I'll work hard to try to elevate it." --George W. Bush, Jan. 29, 2007

No words should be 'outlawed', if that is actually the case. If some hillbilly is calling someone a disgusting word, lead by example and don't be that way,... raise your kids not to be that way. Just don't ram your beliefs down anybody's throat.

People in the United States are free to say anything they want so long as it doesn't directly threaten the safety of another citizen. (ie a threat,or yelling fire in a crowded theatre). That is called freedom of speech and it has it's very own amendment. People in the United States do not have a right to be free from being offended.

Yes those things do belong to them but only because they are American citizens.

HAHAHA!