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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Almost lifelong DC area resident, and I think the name should be changed. It should have been changed a long time ago, and I'm also shocked that the name is still used.

Honestly, it's one of the reasons I refuse to root for the home team. As someone from the area, I don't want to be associated with a slur for our home sports team. 'Redskin' is so much more offensive than 'Bullets,' and we changed that name (although to be fair, 'Wizards' was a pretty stupid rename choice). I'm not sure what the name should be changed to, but I think it's appalling that the name hasn't been changed yet.  [/quote]

Even though dc was the murder capital for year the name was not changed for dc it was changed in honor of Israel's prime minister. [/quote]

I just googled this, and holy crap, you're right - the name was changed because the owner thought Yitzhak Rabin's assassination was the "last straw." Not that assassination is ever ok, but that it took an Israeli politician to die, for the owner to consider changing the local team's name - instead of concern over local violence. [/quote]

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