naming offenses

as i understand it, some native americans object to getting called "indians," others do not, and some seminoles have no problem with their name getting used in college sports, but nobody likes having a football team called "redskins."

for all i know, aboriginal americans disagree on other team names recently banned by the ncaa.

i haven't heard of sailors objecting to "mariners" or beermakers to "brewers" or priests to "padres" or anybody to "cowboys" or "packers" or "knicks" or "celtics" or "lakers" or "patriots" or "steelers" or "senators" or "canadiens" or "flyers" or "rangers" or "islanders" or "blue jackets" or "kings" or "oilers" or even "canucks."

but isn't anybody at all bothered by the names "pirates" and "buccaneers"?

i mean, you wouldn't want your team named "murderers" or "rapists," would you?