Wandering Dago Italian food truck banned from NY racetrack because of name.

[Wayne]

Remember. It's okay for niggers to say nigger, refer to
themselves as niggers, call each other nigger, but don't you
dare call a nigger a nigger.

The same rules don't apply for Italians or anyone else however
apparently.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. � New York Racing Association officials
say they've banned a food truck from Saratoga Race Course after
customers complained that the name of the business was offensive.

The co-owners of the Schenectady-based Wandering Dago tell local
media that they were informed Friday night by NYRA officials
that they had to remove their truck from the track Saturday
morning, a day after it opened for its 40-day season.

NYRA officials say they received complaints about the use of a
word that's considered derogatory to Italian-Americans.

The truck's owners say they're both of Italian descent and
consider the term a tribute to their hardworking immigrant
ancestors.

The owners had a previous run-in with the state when they were
denied a food vendor's license at the Empire State Plaza in
downtown Albany.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/07/22/name-deemed-offensive-gets-
food-truck-bounced-from-race-course/?intcmp=obnetwork

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[Rhino]

Seriously? They can't even indicate the supposedly "offensive" name or
even hint at it by replacing the vowels with asterisks or something? So
how am I supposed to make my own judgement of whether I think their
assessment was right? I guess I'm just supposed to ASSUME it really is
offensive because no one would ever over-react to anything, right?

I am SO sick of people finding offense in absolutely any little thing
and then forcing everyone to walk on eggshells to avoid offending them
or even being accused of a hate crime. Show me a passage in the
Constitution or any other law that guarantees the right never to be
offended by anyone or anything! Until you do, I can only protest
vigorously that we DON'T to be politically correct.


--
Rhino

[anim8rFSK]

In article <kuk3kt$518$1...@dont-email.me>,

Um ... they say it right in the article there:

"The co-owners of the Schenectady-based Wandering Dago"

--
Wait - are you saying that ClodReamer was wrong, or lying?

[Rhino]

Oops. My mistake. I skimmed the article rather than reading it as
closely as I should have and missed the "Dago". So forget the rant in
the first paragraph.

But I stand by the second paragraph, except that I see I omitted a verb
in the last phrase. Here's the amended second paragraph:

I am SO sick of people finding offense in absolutely any little thing
and then forcing everyone to walk on eggshells to avoid offending them
or even being accused of a hate crime. Show me a passage in the
Constitution or any other law that guarantees the right never to be
offended by anyone or anything! Until you do, I can only protest

vigorously that we DON'T _HAVE_ to be politically correct.


--
Rhino

[anim8rFSK]

In article <kul9e5$a3r$1...@dont-email.me>,

I figured it *had* to be 'Dago' so I skimmed for it. :)

>
> But I stand by the second paragraph, except that I see I omitted a verb
> in the last phrase. Here's the amended second paragraph:
>
> I am SO sick of people finding offense in absolutely any little thing
> and then forcing everyone to walk on eggshells to avoid offending them
> or even being accused of a hate crime. Show me a passage in the
> Constitution or any other law that guarantees the right never to be
> offended by anyone or anything! Until you do, I can only protest
> vigorously that we DON'T _HAVE_ to be politically correct.

+1

[William December Starr]

In article <kul9e5$a3r$1...@dont-email.me>,

Rhino <no_offline_c...@example.com> said:

> I am SO sick of people finding offense in absolutely any little
> thing and then forcing everyone to walk on eggshells to avoid
> offending them or even being accused of a hate crime. Show me a
> passage in the Constitution or any other law that guarantees the
> right never to be offended by anyone or anything! Until you do, I
> can only protest vigorously that we DON'T _HAVE_ to be politically
> correct.

And other people don't have to not complain about it when you aren't.

-- wds

[David Johnston]

On 8/15/2013 6:56 PM, Wayne wrote:
> Remember. It's okay for niggers to say nigger, refer to
> themselves as niggers, call each other nigger, but don't you
> dare call a nigger a nigger.
>
> The same rules don't apply for Italians or anyone else however
> apparently.
>

I'm pretty sure that there aren't actually any businesses that use
"Nigger" in their trademark.

[Mason Barge]

On 16 Aug 2013 13:18:50 -0400, wds...@panix.com (William December

And the people who run the racetrack don't have to listen when idiots
don't not complain.

[anim8rFSK]

In article <k3rs09tpefim7mdv0...@4ax.com>,

That's the big one right there ... how many complaints did they get
about 'Dago' before they were galvanized into action?

[Mason Barge]

On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 15:01:30 -0700, anim8rFSK <anim...@cox.net>
wrote:

Gah. I think I'll go drink a bottle of "Italian-American red" and
fuhgeddaboutit.

[Sanna]

anim8rFSK <anim...@cox.net> wrote:
>
> "The co-owners of the Schenectady-based Wandering Dago"

Schenectady? Gag, I wouldn't eat anything from there. The city is a
shithole.

[BTR1701]

In article <kulp6e$2jv$2...@dont-email.me>,

I wouldn't be so sure about that. I wouldn't put it past some rap music
label to use it.

[Mason Barge]

On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 11:57:37 -0600, David Johnston <Da...@block.net>
wrote:

Not today, although something like a small hip-hop inspired clothing
company could get away with "Niggah", I bet.

But what I wanted to say, was, I was reading a really good account of
the Scott Polar expedition, and it really raised my eyebrows when the
author started talking about the ship's pet cat, "Nigger".

[Wiseguy]

Mason Barge <mason...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:75qv09d76gt3ndcce...@4ax.com:

The fact the cat was named as such (100 years ago) or the fact the
author referred to it? And when was this account written?

[Glasgock]

Wayne's a racist cross-posting spammer.


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> Remember. It's okay for niggers to say nigger, refer to
> themselves as niggers, call each other nigger, but don't you
> dare call a nigger a nigger.
>
> The same rules don't apply for Italians or anyone else however
> apparently.
>

> SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - New York Racing Association officials