Edmunds County Tribune -

We were listening to the 70’s channel on the car radio and heard “Short People” on Casey Kasem. The song had been a hit in the top 10 for a few weeks. You could not even sing that song now. If you’re too young to remember the song, I’ll remind you. The first stanza lyrics say “Short people got no reason - To live.”

That made us think about how things have changed.

You now have to be even more politically correct regarding sports mascots' names. And I would imagine that this is true all the way from elementary school teams all the way up through college and pro teams. And beyond!

Yes, adult amateur league teams in the various sports shouldn't get a free pass either. They could indeed show a lack of restraint naming their teams maybe even more so. Get an extra brew or two and you guys (and girls) could dream up some blatantly politically incorrect team names!

Right now the winter sports are starting to wind down and the teams that are still alive should have for the most part familiar sounding traditional nicknames. You would definitely recognize a lot of them, because they are nice and safe animal names. Or maybe they aren't even acceptable to some objectors. And we wouldn't want the ACLU to get involved, it might even be as innocent as incorrectly naming a bison as a buffalo. The Bison fans that I know are pretty vocal!