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23 February 2010

Oh gosh what a terrible idea!
posted by danf 23 February | 11:04
I'd be all for you Amerks naming your mountainous national debt after Reagan, since it was Reagan who was responsible for it first getting out of hand. A real mountain? Just because it has a name that means "devil"? Not so much.
posted by Orange Swan 23 February | 11:25
Here comes the new name, same as the old name.
posted by Hugh Janus 23 February | 11:51
Dammit, Hugh be me to it!

Hm.

How about this:
The Actor Who Went Up a President But Came Down a Mountain
posted by Atom Eyes 23 February | 12:26
Arthur Mijares[...]believes, as a devout Christian, that naming a peak of such beauty and importance after the devil -- even in Spanish -- is "derogatory, pejorative, offensive, obscene, blasphemous and profane."

That's mighty big talk from a guy whose last name is the Spanish word for "pickles"!*


*I might have made this part up.
posted by BoringPostcards 23 February | 13:07
I live near Diablo Canyon, which didn't get its name changed when PG&E built a nuclear power plant there, but since it has successfully run for 25 years without turning into a pit of Hell fire (which is why I moved here; if it hadn't gone boom after 20+ years, the odds were in my favor), it has not lived up to its name.

Note: Diablo Canyon is about 250 miles away from Mt. Diablo... there is a community called Diablo close to the mountain, and a Mount Diablo Unified School District, where "we take pride in embracing an energy and commitment to learning that’s truly unique." BWAHAHAHAHA!
posted by oneswellfoop 23 February | 22:36
I hope there are a bunch more mountains that want renaming, if war criminals warrant a mountain-naming...
posted by pompomtom 24 February | 00:12
This is a soothing thread. || What should I do with my many short comic and children's book scripts?

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