I remember being at that game, at half time in little league a kid tried to bounce the ball, it got stuck in the mud and the kid kept running , his opponent picked up the ball turned around and kicked a goal. Maybe walshy saw this and knew he had to bounce it with some force!
Essendon Bombers.
Is it politically incorrect for us to go by this name in 2017 and should we just call ourselves Essendon with a shortened term the Dons?
Works like fg, retard, Dik, spastic, gay, etc that are not fine to use these days.
Like how do players like Saad and Houli(back then) feel about being referred to as a Bomber? What happens when we get a player with the name Muhammad join the club?
Of course the ones that know and use it will refer to us as the Bombers, but it will overtime be lost as we desensitize our footy clubs name from what the term āBomberā mean now days.
The logo can stay so it has our identity in it. But we are Essendon so to speak.
Not a dumb question amnesty sort of thing, but I didnāt want to start a new thread.
Answering the bolded part:
Nothing, we donāt assume anything about someone from their name or religion.
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Whaaa???
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Not talking about you or me. Of course we donāt assume. But look at this from a society perspective where racism still plays a large part.
Its part of our identity. As a kid the colours and the plane are the reason I chose the bombers.
Itās always been violent imagery. Nothing new now.
But one would argue that when you were a kid the word āBomberā didnāt mean terrorist? Just like when I was a kid it was okay to say gay.
(Iām just supplying another point of view)
The question has been asked before, and itās far more at home now when feelings count for more than facts.
The nickname comes and has always come from US Bombers stationed at Essendon Airport during WWII.
You can tell people that, and that it has nothing to do with terrorism, but it counts for nothing.
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So should we just go back to āblood stained ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā? Seriouslyā¦
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The Essendon Happy Clappers
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Why is a paddy wagon called so? Prefer divvy bannmyself.
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Irish cops.
Presumably an Americanism?
Seems to be prevalent in Sydney.
Is Divvy Van Australian then?
Yes, Divisional Van
More likely to be a pejorative for who was inside the wagon, not who was putting them there.
Well that would make it English, I presume.
Interesting.
Found this reference:
āThe name came from the New York Draft riots of 1863. The Irish at the time were the poorest people in the city. When the draft was implemented it had a provision for wealthier people to buy a waiver. The Irish rioted, and the term Paddy wagon was coined.ā
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Three different theories:
.Irish getting collected and taken home after St Patrickās day
. Predominantly Irish cops in NY
. Police Division (PD) wagons evolved into paddy wagons
Divvy Van is Victorian
Paddy Wagon is NSW
whatās everyone else?