Re: Tournament Naming

cmoritz2000 <*cmoritz2000_at_cmoritz2000.yahoo.invalid*> · Mon, 23 Jun 2003 15:21:30 -0000

Props on the sentiment of "this is inappropriate; grow up."


Christine
Very occasional quizbowl group lurker
Member of Emory Academic Team back in the day (1992-96)


--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, lampdwellr <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> At the risk of incurring the wrath of many people who think 
> themselves desperately more mature than I because they are Too 
Grown 
> Up to be offended by a slightly racy tournament name, I'll weigh in 
> here.
> 
> Those who know me well enough should know my sense of humor to be 
> fairly irreverent, and my mouth to spew forth its own share and 
more 
> of "offensive" words.
> 
> It seems to me a fairly pointless and altogether unclever endeavor 
to 
> name one's tournament in "honor" of a derivative euphemism for a 
male 
> or female sex organ.  I'm not offended, but there are folks who are 
> (and have every right to be) within the quiz bowl community.  Maybe 
> their religious beliefs dictate a certain lack of cursing.  Maybe 
> they remain under the impression that American society still has 
> standards of decency which should leave those kinds of words out of 
> public conversation and in R-rated films.  
> 
> Regardless, the genius of the quiz bowl community is (or at least 
> should be) in its openness to all manner of people, with all manner 
> of beliefs.  The quiz bowl community is   Quiz bowl tournaments not 
> only open themselves to all manner of competitors; they cater to 
> them.  Naming your tournament a "curse word" (or whatever the heck 
> word I should use so as not to sound like a member of the religious 
> right) is not funny, nor is it particularly appropriate for any 
> situation.  Besides that, it does indeed tick some people off.
> 
> Grow up,
> Steve Bahnaman, proud future host of the Emory Academic Team's 
Spring 
> High-school Invitational Tournament