Who were you named after?

[RebelRising]

I was named after Czar Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia before Lenin, Trotsky, and the other Bolshevik imps laid waste to the empire's government and infrastructure.

Because, of course, there is nothing wrong with a remnant of a monarchy that opressed the people.

I'll side with Mark Twain on this one:

"I am said to be a revolutionist in my sympathies, by birth, by breeding and by principle. I am always on the side of the revolutionists, because there never was a revolution unless there were some oppressive and intolerable conditions against which to revolt."

Enough said.

Sorry for this mini OT rant.

So that's worth millions of people dying, the cities and outlying towns being practically laid to waste, and the country being thrown into an economic super-crisis, which eventually led the Bolshevik authorities to scale back their communist plans for over a decade.

And it's not like Nicholas II was anywhere near the most brutal of Russian leaders, quite the opposite, really. And his whole family was killed in cold blood, for what? Freedom, happiness and economic prosperity? Maybe in your version of the Russia in the early 20th Century.

No offense, but don't apply knee-jerk revolutionary thinking to Russia; the country has never worked like that. The Bolsheviks are almost as bad as the Khmer Rouge.

 

[ThaBenMan]

*sigh*

Ben Walton, from the tv show The Waltons.

At least I wasn't named "John-boy"...

 

[mannaroth]

I was named after a comedian! That makes me the best.

 

[fulano]

I was named after Czar Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia before Lenin, Trotsky, and the other Bolshevik imps laid waste to the empire's government and infrastructure.

Because, of course, there is nothing wrong with a remnant of a monarchy that opressed the people.

I'll side with Mark Twain on this one:

"I am said to be a revolutionist in my sympathies, by birth, by breeding and by principle. I am always on the side of the revolutionists, because there never was a revolution unless there were some oppressive and intolerable conditions against which to revolt."

Enough said.

Sorry for this mini OT rant.

So that's worth millions of people dying, the cities and outlying towns being practically laid to waste, and the country being thrown into an economic super-crisis, which eventually led the Bolshevik authorities to scale back their communist plans for over a decade.

And it's not like Nicholas II was anywhere near the most brutal of Russian leaders, quite the opposite, really. And his whole family was killed in cold blood, for what? Freedom, happiness and economic prosperity? Maybe in your version of the Russia in the early 20th Century.

No offense, but don't apply knee-jerk revolutionary thinking to Russia; the country has never worked like that. The Bolsheviks are almost as bad as the Khmer Rouge.

Meh, really?

I love how you cast this thing into objectivism and good vs evil, I really do--but suit yourself.

If you want to go into a discussion I'm not gonna do it over here as it would be OT.

PM me and we'll get into it, or don't do it. Whatever you're comfortable with.

Have a good one.

 

[andrat]

Don't believe I was named after anyone.

 

[Nimbus]

My middle name comes from a Nun my parents used to know.

 

[GOATOFRAGE]

my grandfather
so original!

 

[[Cold-Shoulder]]

I'm named after my grandfather and my grandfathers father which makes me the 3rd. :3

 

[hippykiller]

i was named after Kevin Costner.

 

[D088Y]

a famous wealsh rugby captain gareth davies

 

[delet]

My great Grand dad... I think... Someone like that. I hate my name though. I can't, for the life of me, make a decent signature out of it. I just right my name in plain old cursive, which makes for a horrible signature.

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

I was named after Lord Daniel Christopher Quentin Bigsley-Moontaganue the third, the famous adventurer. Once he single-handedly took on a city of transsexual wrestling Angolan warriors, and defeated them through a combination of wit, guile, and his faithful manservant, Jeeves (last name removed).

 

[Snowalker]

my dad...

 

[gigastrike]

A relative, I think my great-uncle.

 

[kelnadine]

My middle name, Nadine, was also my grandmother's middle name. It's kind of strange because she was not very kind to either of my parents. She was always nice to me, though. My first name is pretty unique. It looks like it's pronounced like "Michael", but it isn't. My dad liked the name Michelle, and my mom liked the name Mickaela, so they combined them and invented my name.

 

[Insanum]

My dad. I have the same name with a different spelling.

I want to do the same to my firstborn, Just for fun @ Christmas.

 

[MagicNein]

I was originally going to be Faith Marion, after my Great Aunt Marion, but after I was born it was changed to Stephanie Anne. My Mom's middle name is Anne, and I guess she just liked the name Stephanie. My Niece also has the Middle name Anne, so she's named after both me and my mom.

 

[Joa_Belgium]

I'm not named after anyone/anything special. They just liked the name "Joachim".

Small note: my name is Hebrew and it's mentioned in the Bible.

 

[GrinningManiac]

Me? Oh nothing much...

...ONLY A FREAKING MOUNTAIN!!

This hellish bastard is "Sgurr Alasdair", on the Scottish island of Skye.

My name is Alasdair, not Sgurr, thank god, and I've climbed that evil sonnofabitch

For those who know their mountain-talk, it's a freaking scramble the entire way up, getting so steep at the top so as to fall on you.

It's an awesome scree-run down, though

This is scree-running, on anothe Skye mountain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_8Sq-pDfJM