A Stitch in Haste

Another fool and his fifteen minutes:

An Oakley [California] man has asked the federal government to rename Mount Diablo, saying the current name, which means devil in Spanish, is offensive to his religious sensibilities.

Art Mijares applied to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names for the change and suggests naming the mountain Mount Kawukum, which he believes has American Indian roots.

"Words have power, and when you start mentioning words that come from the dark side, evil thrives," Mijares told the Contra Costa Times. "When I take boys camping on the mountain, I don't even like to say its name. I have to explain what the name means. Why should we have a main feature of our community that celebrates the devil?"

Of course, no word yet from Mr. Mijares on whether he’s willing to take his sons to:

Devil’s Tower

Devil’s Backbone

Devil’s Bake Oven

Devil’s Chair (what’s left of it)

Devil’s Millhopper

Devil’s Punchbowl

Devil’s Stairsteps

Devil’s Lake

Devil’s Head

Devil’s Elbow

Devil’s Postpile

Devil’s Den

Devil’s Glen

Devil’s Hopyard

Devil’s Thumb

Devil’s Hole

Or is it only when it’s a foreign language (which Spanish is in America) that Christians should be indignant about "devil names"?

Anyway, to celebrate all our devil-inspired monuments, be sure to eat some Devil Dogs tonight. And you can clean up the crumbs with your Dirt Devil vacuum...

OPEN THREAD: What "devil" landmarks did I miss?