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Re: The countries with lists do go too far imho. Isaac Send a noteboard - 01/02/2013 10:26:28 PM
controlling and over-reaching bureaucratic involvement in our day-to-day lives that offends my libertarian princples ... but this article about Iceland blew my top. Enjoy:

There's a bunch of countries where only names on the official lists are allowed - that does go too far. But I approve of the countries that give parents free choice within certain limits, with absurd or offensive names being rejected. Although of course there's a lot of grey areas there - that big fuss in Sweden about the girl named Metallica several years back comes to mind, it's not manifestly offensive or absurd, merely seems inappropriate and stupid of the parents to put a label on their daughter that way from day one. Not sure how that case ended, actually...


Apparently the court said yes :P
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Ok. I thought living in America with the rise of the Federal Gov't was leading towards ... Roonas - 01/02/2013 08:38:46 AM 892 Views
I think it's okay for a law to protect children from stupid parents ironclad - 01/02/2013 09:26:53 AM 562 Views
As libertarian as I am in most things, I agree with you. Tom - 01/02/2013 02:26:21 PM 572 Views
Then you are not a libertarian *NM* Dark Knight - 01/02/2013 02:44:14 PM 288 Views
In a general sense I see this as the state protecting the rights of the individual... Stephen - 01/02/2013 07:35:05 PM 546 Views
I don't give a flying fuck what you think. *NM* Tom - 02/02/2013 05:14:45 PM 271 Views
I wonder why you haven't slit your wrists yet, with the vehemence of your posts lately Dark Knight - 02/02/2013 09:05:07 PM 544 Views
Exactly. *NM* Rebekah - 01/02/2013 11:06:43 PM 242 Views
if your parents are that stupid a bad names is the least of your problems *NM* random thoughts - 02/02/2013 04:27:43 PM 337 Views
Oh, you don't watch sports? jh - 01/02/2013 12:50:49 PM 538 Views
that looks like proof that they are progressive to me random thoughts - 01/02/2013 01:02:14 PM 533 Views
I once knew a guy with the last name Takeshita *NM* Dark Knight - 01/02/2013 02:45:10 PM 281 Views
I wouldn't give gov'ts a blank check on this but conceptually it isn't that bad Isaac - 01/02/2013 04:59:28 PM 568 Views
The countries with lists do go too far imho. Legolas - 01/02/2013 05:46:12 PM 514 Views
Re: The countries with lists do go too far imho. Isaac - 01/02/2013 10:26:28 PM 540 Views
Well, there's the case of Adolf Hitler Campbell in NJ... Larry - 01/02/2013 10:45:29 PM 644 Views
Names can be like art. People have different opinions about their quality. Palatine - 02/02/2013 03:52:25 PM 536 Views
But in this case the child, a minor, has no control over the name. Tom - 02/02/2013 05:19:35 PM 510 Views
In this case . . . Palatine - 03/02/2013 04:56:52 PM 532 Views
I think I could make the same argument about religion random thoughts - 03/02/2013 11:27:28 PM 562 Views
They're very protective of their language Katja - 03/02/2013 04:09:17 PM 553 Views
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