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in reply to a message by Mar
"The list came as a response to the GROWING number of Malaysians who are applying to change their birth names."
If there is truly a GROWING number of Malaysians applying to change their birth names, then obviously there must also be a GROWING number of Malaysians who will be highly unlikely to give their own children the sort of names which past generations were likely to give to *their* children.
There is NO (and never should be) need for government coercion in such a matter. Besides, who the hell is the goddamn government to say precisely which names are "acceptable" and which are not? Are you really content with the idea of government officials telling you what to name your child?
I don't know in which country you live, but you must have a tremendous amount of faith in the way your government is running your nation, to feel also that your government has the wisdom to instruct parents in what to name their children. Personally, I'd be happy if my own government (U.S. of A.) would just get its goddamn nose out of the Middle East, so don't even get me started about the government poking its goddamn nose into the business of parents naming their children.
"...and personally I think parents who name their child... are the ones that are INSANE, and protecting their children against names such as these is necessary imo."
You can think they're insane, and call them insane as well, and that's your prerogative. You can also pretend all you want that legislating what people may or may not name their children is "protecting" children, but the reality is that it has less to do with genuine "protection" and more to do with appeasing your own sensibilities.
Whatever somebody else chooses to name their child, same as how they choose to dress their child or where they choose to send their child for schooling, is really none of your business. And certainly not the business of the goddamn government.
-- Nanaea
If there is truly a GROWING number of Malaysians applying to change their birth names, then obviously there must also be a GROWING number of Malaysians who will be highly unlikely to give their own children the sort of names which past generations were likely to give to *their* children.
There is NO (and never should be) need for government coercion in such a matter. Besides, who the hell is the goddamn government to say precisely which names are "acceptable" and which are not? Are you really content with the idea of government officials telling you what to name your child?
I don't know in which country you live, but you must have a tremendous amount of faith in the way your government is running your nation, to feel also that your government has the wisdom to instruct parents in what to name their children. Personally, I'd be happy if my own government (U.S. of A.) would just get its goddamn nose out of the Middle East, so don't even get me started about the government poking its goddamn nose into the business of parents naming their children.
"...and personally I think parents who name their child... are the ones that are INSANE, and protecting their children against names such as these is necessary imo."
You can think they're insane, and call them insane as well, and that's your prerogative. You can also pretend all you want that legislating what people may or may not name their children is "protecting" children, but the reality is that it has less to do with genuine "protection" and more to do with appeasing your own sensibilities.
Whatever somebody else chooses to name their child, same as how they choose to dress their child or where they choose to send their child for schooling, is really none of your business. And certainly not the business of the goddamn government.
-- Nanaea
This message was edited 7/31/2006, 10:49 AM
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