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Because the government and the bureaucratic class know better than you do what you should name your child. How can you possibly question the benevolence of our

Because the government and the bureaucratic class know better than you do what you should name your child. How can you possibly question the benevolence of our leaders? Sleep well, citizens. Consume. All is well.

ibrow 14y ago
While it can be seen like this, it does stop the unnecessary act of going through childhood being called things like Moon Unit[1] or Prince Michael II. But then again, I suppose there is an argument that if you can make it through childhood with a name like this, your going to end up a pretty tough adult. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Zappa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Zappa
- admiralpumpkin 14y ago
  I feel the same way about people forced to go through life with the same name as two million other people. I think, "How sad it must be that you're just another Dan or Tenzin or Mohamed..." If only some greater power would step in and limit the number of repetitions of the same name. Let's say average name density can't exceed 1%. If parents can't be bothered to create a good name they shouldn't create a new life.
  - ivix 14y ago
    Presumably your first name is Admiral_19231
JabavuAdams 14y ago
That's silly. If you're arguing for individualism, then children aren't property, so how is it any better to have parents naming their kids "Ima Hoare"? Society has a duty to protect children from their parents if those parents are abusive.
- guard-of-terra 14y ago
  Sometimes society thinks that parents have children for society to get them. That's a nice package: you spend your health and money on children but you don't get to decide how to raise them: society does. That's your part in it then? Why bother at all? How does society expects to reproduce if they discourage parents from having children by making parents have all work and no play?
  - JabavuAdams 14y ago
    What say, if any, should society have when parents name their kids something offensive or demeaning, like "Ima Hoare"?
    - guard-of-terra 14y ago
      Where is this line which the society will never pass in their quest of telling parents what to do? Just draw it now, please.
      - JabavuAdams 14y ago
        Perhaps English is not your first language. "Ima Hoare" means "I am a whore". Do you believe in parents' unassailable right to name their children in this fashion? You're speaking in generalities, and I'm asking for specifics. If you keep dodging the issue, I'll just assume you're trolling.
- theorique 14y ago
  I think it's a balance. Stupid parents shouldn't name their kids "Ima Hoare" Stupid governments shouldn't have a "permitted list" of 150 names and require an exception outside of that list. Everyone should do the smart thing and not the stupid thing (also, I want a unicorn...)
  - JabavuAdams 14y ago
    I agree.

ibrow 14y ago

While it can be seen like this, it does stop the unnecessary act of going through childhood being called things like Moon Unit[1] or Prince Michael II. But then again, I suppose there is an argument that if you can make it through childhood with a name like this, your going to end up a pretty tough adult. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Zappa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Zappa

admiralpumpkin 14y ago
I feel the same way about people forced to go through life with the same name as two million other people. I think, "How sad it must be that you're just another Dan or Tenzin or Mohamed..." If only some greater power would step in and limit the number of repetitions of the same name. Let's say average name density can't exceed 1%. If parents can't be bothered to create a good name they shouldn't create a new life.
- ivix 14y ago
  Presumably your first name is Admiral_19231

JabavuAdams 14y ago

That's silly. If you're arguing for individualism, then children aren't property, so how is it any better to have parents naming their kids "Ima Hoare"? Society has a duty to protect children from their parents if those parents are abusive.

guard-of-terra 14y ago
Sometimes society thinks that parents have children for society to get them. That's a nice package: you spend your health and money on children but you don't get to decide how to raise them: society does. That's your part in it then? Why bother at all? How does society expects to reproduce if they discourage parents from having children by making parents have all work and no play?
- JabavuAdams 14y ago
  What say, if any, should society have when parents name their kids something offensive or demeaning, like "Ima Hoare"?
  - guard-of-terra 14y ago
    Where is this line which the society will never pass in their quest of telling parents what to do? Just draw it now, please.
    - JabavuAdams 14y ago
      Perhaps English is not your first language. "Ima Hoare" means "I am a whore". Do you believe in parents' unassailable right to name their children in this fashion? You're speaking in generalities, and I'm asking for specifics. If you keep dodging the issue, I'll just assume you're trolling.
theorique 14y ago
I think it's a balance. Stupid parents shouldn't name their kids "Ima Hoare" Stupid governments shouldn't have a "permitted list" of 150 names and require an exception outside of that list. Everyone should do the smart thing and not the stupid thing (also, I want a unicorn...)
- JabavuAdams 14y ago
  I agree.