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Why would parents name their kid this?

apsterling said:
Why can't people be tolerant. Obviously it's not the most tasteful name, but it could be far worse.
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Most people are only tolerant when it's the in thing to be tolerant about.

toolbox said:
Um wow, this kid is going to going to get annihilated at school and everything else.

Parents need to be slapped
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Then the kid should report it and get the abusers in trouble.

It's a name that he had no control over and anyone who picks on him just for that deserves the same kind of punishment as kids who bully people with disabilities and the like.
 
Did the idiot parents even think of what that name will do to his kid not only in school but when he tries to enter the workforce?

This part pissed me off more.

Karen Meleta, a spokeswoman for ShopRite, said the Campbells had similar requests denied at the same store the last two years and said Heath Campbell previously had asked for a swastika to be included in the decoration.
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It's nothing short of child abuse.


The parents of a New Zealand girl named Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii have been ordered to change her name because it risks making her the target of abuse and ridicule.
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A judge ruled that the nine-year-old girl, who is the subject of a custody fight, should be placed in the guardianship of the court until she is renamed.

A lawyer acting for the girl claimed she was so embarrassed by her name that she had kept it from her friends, insisting she should be known as "K" instead. She also feared that if it became public she would be mocked and teased.

The lawyer claimed the girl fully understood the absurdity of her name, unlike her parents who had not considered the implications when they named her.

Justice Robert Murfitt said the name clearly presented a social hurdle for the child. "It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap," he said.

He also voiced concern over other names given to New Zealand children, such as Violence, Midnight Chardonnay and Number 16 Bus Shelter.

A set of twins was named Benson and Hedges, after the cigarette brand and some children had been named after six-cylinder Ford cars. There has ever been a case of a child being named after the entire All Blacks side.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...not-a-girls-name-New-Zealand-court-rules.html
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These kids have trash for parents. I hope they change their names when they reach 18.
 
I don't imagine Adolf Hitler Campbell having many Jewish friends once in school, or JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell having many African American or homosexual counterparts.
 
I think it is a stupid name and outside of just problems at school there will be problems through out life. Jobs will get turned down because of that name. Getting respect from any one because of that name will be hard.

The other kids have a chance but not Aldof.

I think I agree with some one else on when I have kids first question and requirement is for hte answer to be no to this "Will this name get them beaten up/made fun of in school"
 
If that kid has problems in life because of his name, however bad it is, it will show more about the USA than about the parents who named him. If you were an employer and you didn't employ young Adolf simply because of his name you would be far more immoral than those fools who called him that in the first place.

There can be no limits to prejudice. To assume that a person is unfit for society because of their name is on par with persecuting those of a certain religion.

Just look at the recent attention given to Barack Obama's middle name in the presidential election to see how the USA is already in danger of the following that path.
 
bjorn989 said:
If that kid has problems in life because of his name, however bad it is, it will show more about the USA than about the parents who named him. If you were an employer and you didn't employ young Adolf simply because of his name you would be far more immoral than those fools who called him that in the first place.

There can be no limits to prejudice. To assume that a person is unfit for society because of their name is on par with persecuting those of a certain religion.

Just look at the recent attention given to Barack Obama's middle name in the presidential election to see how the USA is already in danger of the following that path.
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It's nothing new. There was a study released a few years ago on how employers were screening out potential black employees by their "unique" names. Parents need to do a better job with the names and stop trying to be "cute" or "funny."
 
iJohnHenry said:
I suspect a typo on the second girls name.

They obviously named her Himmler, not Hinler. :rolleyes:
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No no, that's the Nostradamus spelling of Himmler. Just like Hister means the other guy ;) :p


Don't you see, the father didn't name his kid after one of the greatest mass murderers in the history of the universe because he loves Hitler, he named him that because it was unique.

"There's a new president and he says it's time for a change; well, then it's time for a change," the 35-year-old continued. "They need to accept a name. A name's a name. The kid isn't going to grow up and do what (Hitler) did...."
Heath Campbell said he named his son after Adolf Hitler because he liked the name and because "no one else in the world would have that name." He sounded surprised by all the controversy the dispute had generated...
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See? It's all an innocent misunderstanding! Ever since the whole baby-naming thing (TWICE), he's been trying to break the cycle of hate.

He said he was raised not to avoid people of other races but not to mix with them socially or romantically. But he said he would try to raise his children differently.
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Thanks boingboing
 
This guy has been turned down before when he tried to get a swastika on cakes.

Clearly (to me) he's a white supremacist who has "drunk the kool-aid". Hopefully, he's a dying breed.
 
Oh dear. I feel really sorry for these children.

You can only hope they don't turn into bitter adults who feel the world hates them. Unfortunately though that's highly likely to happen :(
 
I'm all for being tollerant and seeing ppl name there kids Apple, or Banana or whatever they want. But for this guy to say that we should see the future and not live in the past and whatever else crap he wants to say is rediculous.

Name your kid whatever you want just be a little wise and empathetic to what that name may stir up. And expect a whole lot of back lash when you name your kid Adolf Hitler.
 
I'm surprised the parents did not just get their names legally changed rather than just the giving their kids those awful names. Tho I suppose if they are dimwitted enough to give their kids such names they are not sharp enough to get their own names legally changed.

On a side note not only has Adolf Hitler become a ruined name for the vast foreseeable future. He also ruined the Chaplin mustache.

Blue Velvet said:
A judge ruled that the nine-year-old girl, who is the subject of a custody fight, should be placed in the guardianship of the court until she is renamed.

A lawyer acting for the girl claimed she was so embarrassed by her name that she had kept it from her friends, insisting she should be known as "K" instead. She also feared that if it became public she would be mocked and teased.

The lawyer claimed the girl fully understood the absurdity of her name, unlike her parents who had not considered the implications when they named her.

Justice Robert Murfitt said the name clearly presented a social hurdle for the child. "It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap," he said.

He also voiced concern over other names given to New Zealand children, such as Violence, Midnight Chardonnay and Number 16 Bus Shelter.

A set of twins was named Benson and Hedges, after the cigarette brand and some children had been named after six-cylinder Ford cars. There has ever been a case of a child being named after the entire All Blacks side.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...urt-rules.html
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Interesting article but I am a bit surprised "Stallion" was rejected. It is a bit absurd but not a horrendous name. Though unless he grew up to be 6'3" looking like Brad Pitt he would have a tough time living up to the name.

yoppie said:
It's nothing new. There was a study released a few years ago on how employers were screening out potential black employees by their "unique" names. Parents need to do a better job with the names and stop trying to be "cute" or "funny."
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If the employer cares about race I don't think they will have any questions about this kids name.

yellow said:
I think Dane Cook had a skit about naming his kid Optimus Prime.
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That would be awesome. Though Helm Hammerhand would be the best of all.
 
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