>From the article 6 Baby Names You Probably Shouldn't Give Your Kid
6. ADOLF
Memories of death camps and fascism have kept parents from christening
their kids Adolf for quite some time. But one unlucky youngster acquired
the name in 1949. He was the son of William Patrick Hitler-the
dictator's nephew, who moved to America in the 1930s to fight against
his uncle. It isn't clear why William preserved the name, but his four
sons (including Alexander Adolf Hitler, now 57) made a pact to never
have children in an effort to stunt der Fuehrer's family tree at its
branches.
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From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu] On
Behalf Of martm9241@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 12:23 PM
To: rshutt@netspace.net.au; law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: [LAW-LIB:57540] Re: Birthday Cakes For Mini-Nazis ? - Hitler is
already a social stigma - Reply
Interestingly enough, there was a really fascinating program on the
History Channel a few months back showing that Hitler had some surviving
relatives here in the States (in-laws, and descendants of in-laws).
-----Original Message-----
From: Ronald Huttner <rshutt@netspace.net.au>
To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Sent: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:18 am
Subject: [LAW-LIB:57538] Re: Birthday Cakes For Mini-Nazis ? - Hitler is
already a social stigma - Reply
These examples are not remotely analagous to the New Jersey case. And it
does not advance useful debate on the New Jersey case to drag in such
completely false analogies. If one's surname is, in fact, Hitler then so
be it. One can change one's name if one wants to, or be content to go
through life with it. I have never looked, but I would not be at all
surprised if there are Hitlers in Germany and/or Austria. Retaining
one's true surname in no way means that one approves of, or empathizes
with the actions of another person with the same surname who was
notoriously evil. So too if one's first name is Osama, Ghengis, Attila
or Ted or Charles (remember Charles Manson ?). I have, in fact, met
several 100% decent and law-abiding Turks with the given name Ghenghis
or Attila. No-one (certainly not myself) is seriously suggesting that
one should be required to change one's actual given or surname simply
because somebody else with the same given or surname s a notorious
criminal or terrorist. What we are talking about here are manifestly
nazi parents with the uncontroversial and very common surname Campbell,
who have quite deliberately and calculatingly chosen to name each of
their very young 3 children either after notoriously evil SS men or
after a notorious white-supremacist / nazi organization (i.e. the
revolting group "Aryan Nation").
Ron Huttner
On 18/12/2008, at 3:51 AM, Morris, Kimberli wrote:
Careful on some of these off limits names. Banning the name
'Osama' is a bit like banning the name Theodore or Ted because of the
Unibomber, or permutations of Jeff because of Dahmer. I'd be interested
to see how many family names of Hitler show up in Germany or Austria.
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Kimberli A. Morris
Penn State Dickinson School of Law
e-mail: kam59@dsl.psu.edu
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Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 11:14 AM
To: Stephanie Huthmacher
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Subject: [LAW-LIB:57525] Re: Birthday Cakes For Mini-Nazis ? -
Hitler is already a social stigma
A national search in whitepages.com turned up only 23 names with
the last
name "Hitler" and only three names with "Adolph Hitler." I
think the
social stigma alone against using the name is very strong. For
instance,
how many men do you see wearing a short moustache like Hitler?
If such is
the case, I don't think specific laws are necessary. And if a
state does
legislate in this area should it also add names like "Genghis,
Attila,
Osama, and the like). I would think that Adolph Hitler Campbell
would
change his name as soon as he turns 18 if his parents don't do
so
beforehand out of pity.
Rick McKinney
"Stephanie ;
Huthmacher"
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12/17/2008 10:41 For Mini-Nazis ?
AM
Love it, Marty!!!
One would think that parents would be more mindful of what they
name their
chi ldren... but take a walk through a shopping center or mall
and you'll see
that such is not the case. Celebrities are VERY GOOD at picking
strange
names.
Poor kid probably doesn't even know who Hitler is...
From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu
[mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu] On
Behalf Of martm9241@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:15 AM
To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: [LAW-LIB:57518] Re: Birthday Cakes For Mini-Nazis ?
Ron,
When I have a kid, I think I might name him Jacob Protocols of
Zion
Firestein just to scare the people out there who are like this
guy.
-Marty
-----Original Message-----
From: Ronald Huttner <rshutt@netspace.net.au>
To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Sent: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 9:08 am
Subject: [LAW-LIB:57517] Birthday Cakes For Mini-Nazis ?
I've just been reading the story about the charming New Jersey
couple and
the shop that refused to make a birthday cake for their (no
doubt equally
charming) 3-year-old son, little Adolf Hitler Campbell. Are
there no laws
in the USA designed to protect minors from having their
lives ruined
forever by their neo-nazi, moronic and selfish parents ?
Does the First Amendment guarantee of free speech really mean
that any parent is
completely free to give his/her child whatever name he/she
chooses - no
matter how utterly appalling it may be or how likely the child
will suffer
grievously as a result ? Surely in a rational society there
must be limits
to the right to free speech. Here in Australia we have no
equivalent to the
First Amendment and my understanding is that th! e
various State and
Territory Registrars Of Births, Deaths And Marriages have
a statutory
discretion to refuse to register an outrageous or offensive
name. I'd be
really interested to hear what USA List-Members think of this
case.
Ron Huttner LL.B (Hons)
(Retired) Barrister, Solicitor, Law Lecturer and Legal
Researcher
Melbourne
Victoria
Australia
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