Oberon class submarines finally leaving Halifax Harbor

[Growler]

Poor Jim, always getting picked on.

I was going to ask why it was that a British sub was named after a North American aboriginal people, before I remembered that Canada had the boat, making Ojibwa a perfectly sensible name. Hey, it's early and I'm still getting my coffee.

[TarJak]

C'mon people, keep up!

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Growler

I was going to ask why it was that a British sub was named after a North American aboriginal people...

Not with out precedent....

[Osmium Steele]

Originally Posted by Growler

Poor Jim, always getting picked on.

I was going to ask why it was that a British sub was named after a North American aboriginal people, before I remembered that Canada had the boat, making Ojibwa a perfectly sensible name. Hey, it's early and I'm still getting my coffee.

Yup, the first three O class boats sent to Canada were all named for N. American tribes.

Today, somebody would protest the naming and force them to change it.

[Growler]

Originally Posted by Osmium Steele

Yup, the first three O class boats sent to Canada were all named for N. American tribes.

Today, somebody would protest the naming and force them to change it.

Ain't that the truth. Of course, the only American boat named after my people (Lenape) was a troop transport in 1918, so I probably wouldn't complain. (And no, ships named Delaware don't count. )

[Cohaagen]

Who says anyone would protest anything? Where's your evidence?

This reflexive, knee-jerk, "cuh, the world today" attitude, with its perpetual eye-rolling and dismissive snorting probably causes more unhappiness for people than the supposed outrages they protest. I hate this default-to-cynicism response, which seems to arise out of a fear of being seen to make a mistake or be "wrong". I just can't understand it. These people seem to be the functioning majorly depressed, staying switched to automatic negative views as a defence mechanism - there's one poster on here who has practically made a religion out of it. It's probably the end result of gorging on too much internet news.

I mean Christ, cheer up. Or, by all means, keep banging your head against the wall.

[Growler]

Originally Posted by Cohaagen

Who says anyone would protest anything? Where's your evidence?

This reflexive, knee-jerk, "cuh, the world today" attitude, with its perpetual eye-rolling and dismissive snorting probably causes more unhappiness for people than the supposed outrages they protest. I hate this default-to-cynicism response, which seems to arise out of a fear of being seen to make a mistake or be "wrong". I just can't understand it. These people seem to be the functioning majorly depressed, staying switched to automatic negative views as a defence mechanism - there's one poster on here who has practically made a religion out of it. It's probably the end result of gorging on too much internet news.

I mean Christ, cheer up. Or, by all means, keep banging your head against the wall.

Everyone deals with adversity their own way. There is precedent in the US for protests about Indian names on non-Indian things, like sports teams. I don't agree with it, but I understand it.

These days, it's nothing more than a means to litigate - forget winning the suit if you can just earn a negotiated settlement instead. That's not cynicism, that's a strategy.

Life's too short to be negative all the time. I'm content to sit back with a cold brew and enjoy a nice afternoon when I can. Some relax other ways.