{"id":33517,"date":"2013-05-02T14:01:46","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T20:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/02\/on-the-naming-of-names-5.html"},"modified":"2013-05-06T10:34:06","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T16:34:06","slug":"on-the-naming-of-names-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/02\/on-the-naming-of-names-5.html","title":{"rendered":"On the Naming of Names"},"content":{"rendered":"
Referring to the underlying story — this is one of those things I always feel torn about. On the one hand, it would be arguably cruel to saddle a baby with the name "Lucifer." But where does one draw the bright light, and on what basis. \u00a0Can babies be named after other figures in living religion (good, bad, or indifferent)? \u00a0What about babies named "Jesus"? Or, heck, "Nick"? \u00a0How about other names from the Bible? \u00a0Is Herod okay? \u00a0Or John? \u00a0Or what about other obnoxious or deridable names? \u00a0Or what about "normal" names that are spelled in a mockworthy fashion in an goofball attempt to make the kid be "unique" ("Q'hadhereene"?), or are simply made up ("Tushwaya")? Or what about that awful old family name chosen to appease wealthy Uncle\u00a0Ebenezer\u00a0that will lead to endless beatings in school from the bullies?<\/p>\n

And who gets to decide? \u00a0Do you let people petition to prevent certain names? Or is there a government board to do it? And who sits on that — partisan appointees, bureaucrats, religious leaders, artists, child psychologists, linguist, what?<\/p>\n

You end up with being one of those countries with a list of 50 names that are legal. \u00a0And that's not a good thing, either.<\/p>\n

It's one of those places where there's no accounting for tastes or way to prevent people from having awful ones.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +The Onion<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

[American Voices]<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, in that case, I\u2019m glad me and my daughter Anal don\u2019t live in New Zealand.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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New Zealand Bans Naming Babies \u2018Christ,\u2019 \u2018Lucifer\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

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