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...
Ok. I thought living in America with the rise of the Federal Gov't was leading towards ...
- 01/02/2013 08:38:46 AM
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I think it's okay for a law to protect children from stupid parents
- 01/02/2013 09:26:53 AM
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As libertarian as I am in most things, I agree with you.
- 01/02/2013 02:26:21 PM
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Then you are not a libertarian *NM*
- 01/02/2013 02:44:14 PM
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In a general sense I see this as the state protecting the rights of the individual...
- 01/02/2013 07:35:05 PM
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I don't give a flying fuck what you think. *NM*
- 02/02/2013 05:14:45 PM
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I wonder why you haven't slit your wrists yet, with the vehemence of your posts lately
- 02/02/2013 09:05:07 PM
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if your parents are that stupid a bad names is the least of your problems *NM*
- 02/02/2013 04:27:43 PM
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I wouldn't give gov'ts a blank check on this but conceptually it isn't that bad
- 01/02/2013 04:59:28 PM
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The countries with lists do go too far imho.
- 01/02/2013 05:46:12 PM
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Names can be like art. People have different opinions about their quality.
- 02/02/2013 03:52:25 PM
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But in this case the child, a minor, has no control over the name.
- 02/02/2013 05:19:35 PM
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