So, how much do you love freedom?

[sniper7]

I have a problem with a United States president named Barack HUSSEIN Obama. Sure doesn't sound like a US name.
The kids will have to deal with the name throughout their life but they will also have the ability to change it.
Ron Artest changed his name to Metta World Peace
Chad Johnson changed his name to Chad ochocinco.

Either way the parents should be able to name their child as they please....whats next...a copyright on a name. you can't name your child James because my child is already named James.

What about the hispanic families that name their children Jesus. now whether you pronounce it like in church as Jesus, such as Jesus Christ, or Jesus, like hay-sus, the spelling is still the same.

It's their right to name them whatever they please. anyone who disagrees can literally take their fist and shove it where the sun don't shine.

[Atrain1]

One of my kids is named after a famous outlaw we are related to. I thought long and hard before naming my kids.

[Hoosier]

I stand by my previous view. I don't care if adults rename themselves to that, but doing it to your kids? That's not right.

You take it on a case by case basis. This doesn't open the door for systemic government intervention. The government allows plenty of stupid names for kids, it's the parents right.

Anytime the government needs to make a case by case determination, I think it should be done by a jury. I imagine this case will go to court and ultimately be determined by a jury of their "peers" based on the facts of the matter specific to this case. That's the way it should be.

Have any of you read Freakanomics? Has an interesting section about the impact of names on kids.

My basic tenet is, "You should have the freedom to do what you want, as long as you do not materially harm another without their consent." The child is obviously too young to understand what Adolph Hiltler represents, and therefore is too young to consent. You can say they can change their name when they are eighteen, and that's true. But it should be that they can change their name to this, instead of having to change it away.

H.

[Ronin13]

So the question is; in a free society can you outlaw being a racist white trash scumbag?


I would argue that the occasional poor white trash kid named "Adolf Hitler" is the price we pay for freedom.

Furthermore, how is naming a child after Hitler worse than naming your child after a middle eastern, pedophilic, anti-Semitic death cult leader?

The nail has been struck directly on the head! "I'm named after the great and glorious prophet Mohammad..." F*** you! He's a racist murderer. I met a Hispanic kid once who's name was Che Guevara Montoya. I informed him of his name sake's atrocities and he got mad, until he did the research. His name is now Jorge (which is still a strange way of spelling George, but I digress). If some AB supporting, white supremesist family want's to name their kids that, or even Nathan Bedford (of KKK fame), that's up to them. But it's on them if their kids are alienated in school. I had one of the most common names parents chose in the mid 1980's, and every time the teacher said "Ryan" we'd all say (all 5 of us in one class) "Which one?" Annoying but hey, you go too obscure and you'll run into issues- such as the kid name Daine (pronounced DANE) who everyone thought his name was Diane. Some kids even called him "Lady Di."

[Irving]

Many people have said that they feel that there is more to this story. I say that it doesn't matter. There probably IS more to the story, but they were proven NOT GUILTY of child abuse, therefore, it doesn't matter what the rest of the story is. They were found not guilty, they don't have their kids. Maybe Kevin can swing by the government offices of this place and make some arrests on his way over to Oakland.