nobody imp0rtant
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- May 23, 2018
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the majority of sports teams are named after something (vaguely) threatening. Kings, Mercenaries/knights, Native Americans (really? still?), Bandits, Carnivores, Birds of Prey, Bees, natural disasters. A team specifically named after a weapon of destruction is a little uncouth, though, in our current political climate. It is sort of grandfathered in.
There are bad people in the world that would happily impact your life in a negative way to further their own needs or beliefs. On an individual level, we have police forces to keep that in check as much as possible. When it rises to the level of governments, you need a military. Weapons (be it rifles, jets, bombers, etc) are a necessary part of maintaining the largely good societies we enjoy in our countries. It will be that way for some time to come I'm afraid.