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Would you name your child Adolph Hitler?

post #1 of 48
12/18/08 at 3:00pm
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...Rk-4wD95490680

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The father of 3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell, denied a birthday cake with the child's full name on it by one New Jersey supermarket, is asking for a little tolerance. Heath Campbell and his wife, Deborah, are upset not only with the decision made by the Greenwich ShopRite, but with an outpouring of angry Internet postings in response to a local newspaper article over the weekend on their flare-up over frosting.

The Campbells ultimately got their cake decorated at a Wal-Mart in Pennsylvania, Deborah Campbell said.

The Campbells' other two children also have unusual names: JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell turns 2 in a few months and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell will be 1 in April.
That's real bright. Let's name your kid after the man who had millions of people murdered. And then ask for tolerance when people can't see your side. IMO, this man is a nut case.

I hope his son has his name legally changed as soon as he is able to do so. Can you imagine the stigma that the child will carry with him his entire life?
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post #2 of 48
12/18/08 at 3:27pm
Yeah, I couldn't believe that when I read it. And the other kid's names! Way to go, Superdad!
Fun times ahead for those kids at school.
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post #3 of 48
12/18/08 at 3:51pm
Names like that actually aren't uncommon in many South American countries (guess where a lot of Nazis fled to?), but this couple is just way off the board. I'm not aware of any U.S. laws restricting the free choice of names or requiring companies to accept orders for items displaying such names, but shame on the Wal*Mart that decorated the cake.
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post #4 of 48
12/18/08 at 3:54pm
Adolf is a legitimate name, but coupling it with Hitler isn't a name anymore, it's a statement. I'm 100% with the baker that refused to put that name on a cake.
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post #5 of 48
12/18/08 at 3:56pm
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Originally Posted by coaster View Post
Adolf is a legitimate name, but coupling it with Hitler isn't a name anymore, it's a statement. I'm 100% with the baker that refused to put that name on a cake.
That about says it.
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post #6 of 48
12/18/08 at 3:57pm
Personally I think Child and Family Services should step in and intervene. The third name doesn't ring any bells with me, but "Aryan Nation"? "Adolph Hitler"? OMG, those kids have a target on their heads from the day they are born.
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post #7 of 48
12/18/08 at 6:08pm
Hmmmmm......a name as child abuse? I suppose there might be a few Percivals, Merriweathers, Eugenes and Ferdinands around who might agree.
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post #8 of 48
12/18/08 at 6:18pm
Just think of the treatment that those poor kids will receive in school from teachers and their peers. It just doesn't seem right. They will have no self-esteem by the time they reach their teenage years.

It is one thing to continue a family name like Percival or Hilbert or something like that, but Adolf Hitler and those other names are very poor judgement.
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post #9 of 48
12/18/08 at 6:35pm
Pretty twisted parents, no argument there, but it's their choice to name their kids whatever they want. When I was teaching early childhood education to three year-olds with language delays, we found out that a sibling of one of the students was coming the next year and the child's legal name Poo Poo Head.

There was also a Champane (sic) Burbon (sic) who were siblings. Pretty obvious what was on their mom's mind a lot.

We can't regulate names because who do we want to give that kind of power to? Maybe everyone's birth certificates should have some kind of expiration date on the name where you can easily and legally change it once when you are 18.

Hopefully, all these kids will change their names as soon as they are able to.
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post #10 of 48
12/18/08 at 6:44pm
Sounds like those parents may be a bit racist and guess what? those kids are probably going to grow up to be the same That is what should be the crime: teaching children hate
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post #11 of 48
12/18/08 at 6:50pm
I call Molly Adolf Hitler. But then again - she's a cat.

Now as for kids....IMO those parents are a few screws loose.
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post #12 of 48
12/18/08 at 6:53pm
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Originally Posted by white cat lover View Post
I call Molly Adolf Hitler. But then again - she's a cat.

Now as for kids....IMO those parents are a few screws loose.
I know someone who calls their cat Osama but they are nicknames and animals - imagine being stuck in school with those as real names.

But like said above, they are most likely racist and bring their children up in a racist environment
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post #13 of 48
12/18/08 at 7:01pm
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Originally Posted by SwampWitch View Post
Maybe everyone's birth certificates should have some kind of expiration date on the name where you can easily and legally change it once when you are 18.
I thought anybody could already change their name to anything else when they're an adult?
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post #14 of 48
12/18/08 at 7:06pm
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Originally Posted by jcat View Post
but shame on the Wal*Mart that decorated the cake.
Yeah I was suprised by that. The company that censors everything! But they can't forget about their bottom line!
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post #15 of 48
12/18/08 at 7:11pm
We can call that family racist, but I don't think any of us, including that family, really has a full conception of the entire scope of evil that formed the Nazi ideology, and the malevolent and deadly depersonalizing racism practiced by those fanatics was far worse than anything practiced today. I get the impression that a lot of these modern-day Aryan supremecists are into the symbols and the swagger without really understanding what it is they're representing. It's just too cool to goose-step around in black leather boots throwing out the Hitler salute. And that's the worst part. That evil is still loose in the world and some people don't realize how dangerous it can be.
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post #16 of 48
12/18/08 at 7:34pm
Yeah, I saw this story. Good for the first grocery store to refuse to decorate the cake. These parents are nut jobs... and publicity seekers. They are getting more than their 15 min. of fame. Look, we're talking about it here!
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post #17 of 48
12/18/08 at 7:41pm
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Originally Posted by AddieBee View Post
Yeah, I saw this story. Good for the first grocery store to refuse to decorate the cake. These parents are nut jobs... and publicity seekers. They are getting more than their 15 min. of fame. Look, we're talking about it here!
they're also all over the internet [lots of different sites]. i found that out trying to research the "Honszlynn Hinler" name... the only things that came up were sites reporting or discussing this family.
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post #18 of 48
12/18/08 at 8:16pm
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Originally Posted by coaster View Post
I thought anybody could already change their name to anything else when they're an adult?
If you have the money, sure. But I'm talking about a free option, maybe you write the new name on the line under your given name and boom, it's legal, and you can only change it free once. If you write a stupid name you have to pay to change it again. Just a thought.
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post #19 of 48
12/19/08 at 4:35am
What poor kids.

We recently had an article here in NZ about some names that had been given legally kids let's see there was a "Bus Shelter Number 16", Fish and Chips and Benson and Hedges for twins, Yeah Detroit and "Talulah Does the Hula From Hawaii" - not kidding guys
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post #20 of 48
12/19/08 at 4:58am
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Originally Posted by laureen227 View Post
they're also all over the internet [lots of different sites]. i found that out trying to research the "Honszlynn Hinler" name... the only things that came up were sites reporting or discussing this family.
Heinrich Himmler ran the Schutzstaffel for Hitler.

Not sure where the Honzlynn came from.

If anyone doubts the motivation for the name...

http://photos.lehighvalleylive.com/g...ler%20Campbell

IMO, if they liked the names so well, why didn't they just change their own?
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post #21 of 48
12/19/08 at 1:45pm
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Originally Posted by neetanddave View Post
Heinrich Himmler ran the Schutzstaffel for Hitler.

Not sure where the Honzlynn came from.
Himmler would be my guess, too. "Honzlynn" could possibly be a misspelling of "Heinzlein", as "-lein" is a diminutive, i.e., the equivalent of adding a "y" or "ie" to an English name.
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post #22 of 48
12/19/08 at 1:50pm
I certainly wouldn't name by kids anything remotely near those names, but I'm not a white supremacist a-hole who idealizes Nazi Germany and a gang that was created in prison. gbbh (That's what Ginger thinks! )
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post #23 of 48
12/19/08 at 1:56pm
imo these parents wanted to start up something with the whole walmart wont make a cake for a child act. Please............... they didn't need to put the middle name on the cake. who does that anyway. Come on now naming a child that is a lot worse then someone saying I am not going to put a name on a cake. Maybe the baker was a jew. who knows but I think the baker had the right to refuse and I don't blame them.
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post #24 of 48
12/19/08 at 2:10pm
That is just stupid. Now, my question is...if enough people are offended by the name can they be forced to change it? I'm not trying to start something, but it makes sense. People are offended by religion so things are banded. So, if enough people are offended by the name (I am, and I'm not Jewish), can the family be forced to change it?
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post #25 of 48
12/19/08 at 2:39pm
Well, no, as offended as I am by the name, I don't think it would be right to force them to change it. Naming their child that name is a form of freedom of expression, a right guaranteed by the U. S. Constitution. In order to preserve our own rights, sometimes we have to endure something else we consider abhorent, abominable, and assinine (sorry, only other a-word comes to mind) Just the child himself and just the name itself are no threat to society, so I don't see any need to pass a law against it, either.
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post #26 of 48
12/20/08 at 12:31pm
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Originally Posted by neetanddave View Post
Heinrich Himmler ran the Schutzstaffel for Hitler.

Not sure where the Honzlynn came from.

If anyone doubts the motivation for the name...

http://photos.lehighvalleylive.com/g...ler%20Campbell

IMO, if they liked the names so well, why didn't they just change their own?
so, they're not only racist, they can't spell, either, huh?
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post #27 of 48
12/20/08 at 5:52pm
I used to ride in a vanpool to Chicago from my house in N/W Indiana and there was a black rider who had as his first name, Adolf. I just found that as extremely odd. I mean, who have you EVER read or heard of as having the name Adolf since WWII, and a black guy to boot???

That being said, I remember reading once that we are not bound to retain our first names, only our surnames count. We can change our first names at any time. Can anyone verify this?
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post #28 of 48
12/20/08 at 11:51pm
Well I agree with the fact that is just plain stupid to name your child after a murderer and expect to not have ppl deny certain services. I also must say that we live in a free world. Parents can choose to name their child anything they want. Hence all those weird names you hear now.
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post #29 of 48
12/21/08 at 10:05am
I do agree that it is a free country and you can name your child whatever you want.

With that though I can still have an opinion that it is disgraceful and gross to name your child after one of the most vile people in history. Hitler was not just a murderer he was an insane monster. So if that's the kind of love you have for your kid. Well, the apple won't fall far from the tree.

They said they wanted a unique name. Well look at all the celebs. They picked out some pretty unique names that are pretty creative.

At one time my name was unique. Not so much anymore. Still I have only met maybe 3 people in my life (by asking for drivers license) that had my name. Oh and I met one Bianca that was at a hemp (weed) festival when I was 18. It was the first time someone called my name and it wasn't for me. lol. That was actually a pretty cool feeling.
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post #30 of 48
12/21/08 at 6:23pm
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Originally Posted by Breal76 View Post
I do agree that it is a free country and you can name your child whatever you want.

With that though I can still have an opinion that it is disgraceful and gross to name your child after one of the most vile people in history. Hitler was not just a murderer he was an insane monster. So if that's the kind of love you have for your kid. Well, the apple won't fall far from the tree.

They said they wanted a unique name. Well look at all the celebs. They picked out some pretty unique names that are pretty creative.

At one time my name was unique. Not so much anymore. Still I have only met maybe 3 people in my life (by asking for drivers license) that had my name. Oh and I met one Bianca that was at a hemp (weed) festival when I was 18. It was the first time someone called my name and it wasn't for me. lol. That was actually a pretty cool feeling.
Oh, so your name is Bianca and not Breal?

I once worked with a Bianca and she was 100% Italian and, of course, there is always the Bianca that was once married to Mick Jagger.
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