Should it be illegal to give kids stupid/horrendous names?
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Hah, if only everything in life could be blamed on names. But that isn't the case.Kaboose the Moose said:-Snip-
True again, but just because there are things worse than (x), doesn't mean that (x) can be dismissed because it isn't as catastrophic as. It could even be that (x) passively catalyzes
I say parents should give a little more thought into naming their offspring before settling with names like 'Apple' or 'Moses'. As you say, people are assholes..let's not give them anymore ammunition that they can find
Violet isn't a bad. name. Crunchy McHamburger is a bad name. Book Case is a bad name. Any of the other examples of things that are not normally used as the names of people, are bad names. Violet is a used name. Sure, let them think it over, but as long as it is a working name, it is fine. Violet wouldn't be as bad as something like Margaret for a boy's name. In this current time. Times change.
I'm all for putting some sort of restriction on names, but not to the point where it comes down to sex differences. Just because it is normally a girl's name does not mean it should not be a boy's name. And vice versa.
No it shouldn't be illegal. I want to be able to laugh at people that have a name like Ripley Fiddler. Oh, that was a girl's name, by the way.
Yes. How did you know? Have you been reading my copy of Ridiculous Weapons Weekly?Arehexes said:
I don't think you should be allowed to name your children things such as "Piece of Garbage Smith".
If it doesn't make you recoil in horror then its fine. There is a person in my school called "Richard Hunter". How could the parents not see that???
If it doesn't make you recoil in horror then its fine. There is a person in my school called "Richard Hunter". How could the parents not see that???
Yes he could change it when he is older, but when he is older no one will care too much about his name. It is when he has to suffer through primary/elementary school and high school where every new person he meets will think they are being original by making fun of him. Most people here at the Escapist would know the stupid names kids come up with, he could be called "Violet, the pilot...of my PENIS!" or something, I'm not good with those names xDGreyfox105 said:
I think there should be some laws, nothing too drastic or you will get a bunch of protesters. Maybe you have to go down to the hospital and tell them the child's name, and if the Doctor/Nurse tells you the name is bad/stupid/offensive then you can't use it.
PS: They should also make it you can't have multiple people with the same name in your family, unless it is father and son. I remember hearing about a family who named all their children Henry or something.
If everything came down to a name then people would quote Shakespeare more often. Alas, this doesn't happen.Greyfox105 said:Hah, if only everything in life could be blamed on names. But that isn't the case.Kaboose the Moose said:-Snip-
True again, but just because there are things worse than (x), doesn't mean that (x) can be dismissed because it isn't as catastrophic as
I say parents should give a little more thought into naming their offspring before settling with names like 'Apple' or 'Moses'. As you say, people are assholes..let's not give them anymore ammunition that they can find
Violet isn't a bad. name. Crunchy McHamburger is a bad name. Book Case is a bad name. Any of the other examples of things that are not normally used as the names of people, are bad names. Violet is a used name. Sure, let them think it over, but as long as it is a working name, it is fine. Violet wouldn't be as bad as something like Margaret for a boy's name. In this current time. Times change.
I'm all for putting some sort of restriction on names, but not to the point where it comes down to sex differences. Just because it is normally a girl's name does not mean it should not be a boy's name. And vice versa.
As for violet; its a fine name for a girl. I can't see a guy pulling it off though, hell I still do double takes whenever I meet guys called Jesse...the point is times don't change that much for bullies. Sure, they will bully people for any reason they find but they have always bullied kids for having a gender inappropriate name. In fact I bet you that when this boy, Violet, gets bullied in school - 90% of the time the reason will be because of his name. But Violet isn't really the case here. He is just a tool of the greater problem:
parents and their need to put any stupid names on kids.
SO what you say is that the right thing to do is to conform to what the bullies tell us all to do?Kaboose the Moose said:
Should homosexual people be prevented from having or adopting kids because the kids might get picked on by other kids?
Should ex-pornstars be forbidden from having kids because their kids might get picked on for it?
I don't know about you, but my morals tell me that bullies are the ones who should be fought and opposed. If they pick on someone (the reason is irrelevant because harassment like that is completely unacceptable. You don't have to like everybody, but that doesn't give you the right to harass, bully or abuse them), then it is THE BULLIES who deserve to be punished, chastised and overall stigmatized for their transgressions.
If you refuse to do something that doesn't really harm anyone (like naming your offspring a certain name) because someone might decide to bully them, then what you're doing is basically saying that the actions of bullies are completely justified.
So how about growing a pair and oppose the bullies rather than conforming after their subjective and arbitrary standards which they often try to enforce through intimidation and even violence?
Would wanting to give names to your kids that make no sense considering your heritage fall under this rule? Because all I know is that I'm German and Hungarian, but if I ever get married and have kids, I will try my hardest to convince my wife to give them Japanese names.
Regardless of how innocuous a kid's name may be, s/he will inevitably be tormented by his peers for some reason or another. You have to keep in mind that children are cruel, and do not and will not understand certain life-lessons until they get older.
Example, my real name is Jason for fuck's sake. I can't tell you how many jokes I gotten just off of that when I was little - it didn't help that this was roughly around the time Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers just started airing (racist-ass show, you can't tell me it wasn't) and the Friday the 13th movies were still in their heyday. A recent joke, or something, I've been told is that I have a "white" name, which I sure as hell would like to know how it's possible for a name to have ethnicity (I'll let you all do the math for that statement).
Henceforth, regardless of what rules may be put in place to prevent the flames of torment from having a name that some parents happened to not research, it will do little good if any. Might as well let things be, and tell the kids it's all right to get their hands dirty every now and then, if you get me.
Example, my real name is Jason for fuck's sake. I can't tell you how many jokes I gotten just off of that when I was little - it didn't help that this was roughly around the time Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers just started airing (racist-ass show, you can't tell me it wasn't) and the Friday the 13th movies were still in their heyday. A recent joke, or something, I've been told is that I have a "white" name, which I sure as hell would like to know how it's possible for a name to have ethnicity (I'll let you all do the math for that statement).
Henceforth, regardless of what rules may be put in place to prevent the flames of torment from having a name that some parents happened to not research, it will do little good if any. Might as well let things be, and tell the kids it's all right to get their hands dirty every now and then, if you get me.
