Re: Tournament Naming

• From: loyolaunivchicagocollegebowl <loyolaunivchicagocollegebowl_at_loyolaunivchicagocollegebowl.yahoo.invalid>
• Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 17:50:05 -0000
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I find the acronyms amusing when they're clever. FUCT was pretty 
clever. I even got a chuckle out of SLUTT, as it fits so well with 
the school's actual name. But CUNT was the first time I've ever seen 
a tournament name and thought, "That's awful." I can't pinpoint any 
sort of hard and fast rules as to why this one's offensive and the 
others weren't so bad, but I don't like this one. It's not simply 
because it has a sexual connotation, but because it has a 
marginalizing, filthy, ugly sexual connection. I don't think many 
women would make this their word of choice when referring to their 
own bodies. And if it's being used as an insult, there's nothing good-
natured about it. Even "skank" and "prick" can be tossed off as jokes-
 calling someone a cunt is invariably nasty, hurtful and lowbrow. 
There's no way to use the word that is not in extremely poor taste 
(in no humorous way). You don't have to be a woman to find this 
offensive. It's akin to naming a tournament "you dumb bitch." If the 
name is being changed because "CUNT" is supposed to be funnier- it's 
not. If the name is being changed to one-up the other "curse word" 
tournament acronyms- that's just pointless.