"Part of it is the infantile nature of the parents’ behavior," Berrill said. "You can name your dog something weird, but they think they’re making some kind of bold statement with the children, not appreciating that the children will have separate lives and will be looked at in a negative light until they’re able to change their name. It is abuse."
Adolf Hitler? JoyceLynn Aryan Nation? Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie? (Supposedly named for Heinrich Himmler!)
The family made news last December when Shoprite refused to sell them a cake decorated with "Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler". Heath and Deborah Campbell (the parents) were outraged. Daddy Heath complained that
"Other kids get their cake. I get a hard time. It's not fair to my children. How can a name be offensive?"
Though he claims he and his wife are not racist (yeah, right!) the house is filled with swastikas, Heath wears an old pair of boots belonging to a Nazi soldier, he doesn't believe the races should mix and he is a holocaust-denier. Papa Heath is also baffled why people are shocked by his son's name.
"They're just names, you know. Yeah, they (the Nazis) were bad people back then. But my kids are little. They're not going to grow up like that."
This is a perfect example of why people should be given intelligence tests before being allowed to bear children.
9 comments:
is this for real? this has got parody written all over it.... (i hope it is a parody because if it is, and you thought of this incog, i do believe the onion has a spot for you!!)
Hmm, This is hedious: and they are living on welfare benefits... :(((
I'm linking you this story for tomorrow's post.
Hugs.
Its crazy!
So glad they took those children away
Man.. this is really crazy!!
Truly a strange story. People are just crazy.
PATJ: Yup, it is indeed. Believe it or not. And even odder, was a true story about a family in New Zealand or Australia who had their child taken away until they changed her name.... Talula in A Hula Dances in Hawaii or something similar. Sigh,
NORA: Not sure, if they are living on welfare benefits, but i wouldn't be surprised. Child Welfare is responsible for any child that might be abused or considered in danger.
FRASYPOO: Me too... polluting a child's mind is child abuse.
HONEY-DIGRA_ They say truth is stranger than fiction.
KAREN: I feel sorry for the kids. So unfair.
As punishment they should be forced to witness the child's name officially changed to "David Israel"-- before having it permanently adopted out to a nice, annonymous Jewish family.
ZACK: That made me laugh out loud. Great idea!!
Am I the only one who has a problem with this? Parents give their kids hideous names and the state takes the kids away?! Then the state invents a new category of child "abuse": mind pollution? Please!
If this were a Muslim family and the kid was named Osama ben Laden does anyone here think the state would've dared remove the kid from his parents? Of course not! Every Muslim group would be demonstrating in the streets. Osama is just an ordinary Muslim name, they'd yell. To think otherwise is--gasp--racist! And little Osama would stay with his parents.
Naming your child Adolf Hitler is stupid, but stupid is not abuse. We should be extremely wary of the state deciding how people should raise-or name--their children. After all, with the new administration we have now, naming your kid George might become "mind pollution".
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