[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Kevin

You're speculating that the poll is overwhelmingly wrong, aren't you?

Not at all. I'm just not trying to force the poll to say more than it actually does.

Tribal governments do not really speak for their members and will tend to take the most PC position because that's the safest politically.

Well, I'll grant that elected or governing bodies sometimes do not reflect the opinions of those who elect them or of their members. What is your evidence that is the case here?

I wouldn't chance a breach of decorum and though I might not really find the term offensive, I wouldn't want to risk offending the Judge or anyone else. I don't get paid what I get paid to take pointless risks.

I didn't ask you if you would do it or if it was a pointless risk. I asked if you if you thought it would be appropriate or professional.

Of course, it might be the same answer—no, because it might offend someone. Which leads me to wonder whether it's a real risk if only an "outlier of a minority" finds the word offensive, as you keep saying.

That said, there's an entirely different standard for where the weight and force of the federal government should be applied to businesses solely because some outlier of a minority deems the trademark offensive.

Really? Denying a trademark is imposing the "weight and force of the federal government"? Really?

And you still haven't backed up your claim that it's only an "outlier of a minority" who find the name offensive. Repeating it over and over doesn't make it so.