[107091] in Cypherpunks
RE: Norway - go to jail for naming baby illegal [CNN]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Reeza!)
Thu Dec 31 21:09:14 1998
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 11:59:01 +1000
To: cypherpunks@EINSTEIN.ssz.com
From: Reeza! <howree@cable.navy.mil>
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Reply-To: Reeza! <howree@cable.navy.mil>
At 12:18 PM 12/31/98 -0500, Trei, Peter wrote:
>
>> Forwarded message:
>>
>> > X-within-URL:
>> http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9812/23/BC-Norway-NameLaws.ap/
>>
>> > Mother of 14 jailed for violating Norway's baby-name law
>> >
>> [text deleted]
>>
> [Trei, Peter]
> This is the case in many countries - Germany and
> France for two.
>
> In Iceland, immigrants are required to change their
> names to Norse ones as part of the citizenship
> process.
>
THAT is _almost_ understandable. You say that Iceland requires immigrants
to change their names to Norse ones, you didn't say to Norse ones on the
approved list. or Norse ones avoiding those on the disapproved list. Does
Iceland have the same "children who are born here are Icelandic citizens,
regardless of the nationality of the parents" provision of the US
constitution?
About the only place I can think of where prohibiting certain names might-
might be justifiable, is in countries where the names of certain criminals
are associated with crimes of such heinous magnitude that it would create
an emotional burden the viable tissue mass would never be able to overcome.
'Adolf Hitler' Xxxxxx, 'Charles Manson' Yyyyyy, or 'Hannibal Lector' Zzzzz,
(heh) for example. It's just another case of jingoism (maintaining their
culture re: populace naming conventions) and religious persecution (the
babies name is hebrew, the mother of 10 claims christianity for her own),,,
Reeza!
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