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This taught me alot about how strict some nations are...where Germany requires you to name your child appropriately so that his / her gender is clearly identified, and is not offensive in any way. One family tried to name their kid Osama bin Laden, according to this article.
It seemed to be worth mentioning here to talk about...as I am interested in whether only Germany and Turkey have the govt. regulated names. Of course...this is the secondary topic in this article, as the first is..."Should the couple be allowed to use that name? This article points out that Hitler is a taboo name in German, and not allowed to be used. Will Bin Laden or Hussein become part of that taboo? Here is the article [ 09-05-2002, 02:08 PM: Message edited by: Larry_OHF ]
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well to be honest, calling a child a name like that will give them severe problems in later life anyway
as for the government issue, it's pointless. You can't destroy someone by trying to refuse to accept their name exists LOL!! or find them by making sure nobody else shares that name i don't see what they hope to achieve other than being seen publicly to be against Osama |
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Forget the government...why in the name of all that's holy would someone want to name their kid "Osama Bin Laden"? [img]graemlins/wow.gif[/img] They must HATE their child!
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No, i think that's wrong. They must have the possibility to name their child whatever they want, even when it's a name like that. But it shows a lot about the parents in question here. What's the guy's name anyway ? Piece of crap ?
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Well, there were a couple of parents that wanted to give 'strange' names to their children in Slovenia. They were rejected too. One of the names was Jezus Kristus (Jesus Christ) and the other one, believe it or not, Banka Slovenije, which means Bank of Slovenia. [img]tongue.gif[/img] These are the ones I can remember. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Oh, and wasn't there a French woman that named her kid after the car Megan Renault? Or I might be wrong, hehe. [img]smile.gif[/img] Oh well, some parents are just weird... [img]tongue.gif[/img] ![]()
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yeah well i say let them name their kid that. i will gaurantee that the child is going to grow up and hate his family. i guess it would be ok if i named my child adolph hitler?! bah, the ignorance of the morons in this world makes me want to become a hermit, and shoot anyone who steps onto my land. from the looks of the world today, that isnt too far off!!!
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I agree with the government, mainly to protect the child itself. I wouldn't want a child named Osama Bin Laden, I would be extremely paranoid of it's safety all the time.
It's for the good of the child, it doesn't matter if it's important to the parents to name it Osama, it's just a name (I know it shouldn't matter than but there are some very short sighted people in this world who see things differantly). |
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Well here in Iceland the government also controls what names can be given... it]s from that time that the hippies started concieving and were naming their poor kids "Yrsa Þ(Th)öll"(Makes no sense) or Hreinn Sveinn (A boy virgin) and "Eilíf Nótt"(Eternal night I almost like it though). The worst one was Rútur Skæringur... I worked with that guy and the poor fella was broken
Some people here think they are smart by giving their kids "intelligent" names that have some meaning and have no idea what they are doing to the poor kids. |
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I think parent's should be allowed to name their children anything they want. Even the worst of them (Moon Unit, Dwiesel, and Ahmet Zappa come to mind) can overcome their stranger titles to become (fairly) normal people. (who likes totally normal anyway lol) I can see why some countries would want Osama Bin Laden or Adolph Hilter banned but it doesn't take away what the parent's will teach their children based on the names they wanted to give them to begin with ya know? |
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My mother named me Kyra
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