Devils oppose assemblyman’s bid to replace symbol
I’ve always cringed when people say they’re going to see the Devils. The merchandise, the paraphernalia is based on the actual demonic devil. Personally, it causes a little bit of an issue with me.
- Craig Stanley
Apparently, the New Jersey State Assembly has succeeded in solving all pressing problems facing the state. The budget has been balanced, all the Superfund sites have been cleaned up, Jon Bon Jovi has been canonized, and Jimmy Hoffa’s body has at long last been found. The Garden State is now a veritable Earthly Paradise. With that in mind, I suppose we really can’t blame Craig Stanley for wanting to clean up with he feels is the moral and spiritual cesspool that is New Jersey Devils hockey.
Yes, it would seem that even being associated with the word “Devil” is enough for some DUMB@$$E$ to make the (long) logical leap that New Jersey’s NHL franchise is the hotbed of Satanism and Evil. Well, they play dull, boring hockey in ugly uniforms, to be certain…but does this make them Team Evil? Only if you are ignorant of New Jersey’s- and the team’s- history, and are too self-righteous and profoundly ignorant to find out the truth behind the team’s name.
TRENTON, N.J. — What chance do the New Jersey Devils give a proposal that would give the NHL team a less demonic name?
Think hell freezing over.
“I can assure you the Devils name will never change, and I think there are more important things to be thinking about than something that will never happen,” chief executive officer Lou Lamoriello said. “It’s who we are and what we want to be.”
State Assemblyman Craig Stanley is taking issue with a satanic symbol representing the team, which has won three Stanley Cup championships.
“This is an age where symbolism is very important,” said Stanley, a Baptist deacon whose resolution to rename the team is to be introduced in the Assembly next month. A new name would be chosen in a statewide competition….
Granted, symbolism is important, but so is actually having a clue as to what you’re talking about before you hop on the last train to Self-Righteousness and Gross Overgeneralization.
The reality is that the team’s nickname has NOTHING to do with Christianity or Satanism. It has everything to do with local legend.
The mythical Jersey Devil — with batlike wings, a forked tail and oversized claws — was said to terrorize Pine Barrens dwellers in the 18th century after being born the 13th child to poor south Jerseyans and morphing into a dinosaurlike beast.
Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey agrees that the name should stay as is. Team owner Jeff Vanderbeek gave the proposal a less-than-enthusiastic reception.
“He’s hellbent on keeping the Devils name,” Stanley said.
Interesting choice of words for someone who feels the need to represent ignoramus wing of the Religious Right, don’t you think?
Memo to Craig Stanley: if the name gives you the creeps, then don’t go to the Devils’ games (Of course, with the NHL lockout, NO ONE is going to Devils’ games….)- and please take your ignorant, judgemental intolerance with you.
And find something important to get yourself worked into a righteous lather over, willya? You’d think that in New Jersey there would be no lack of issues needing the full-time attention of a state legislator….
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