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On Strange Names and the Curse of Individualism
Archdiocese of Washington ^
| December 7, 2012
| Msgr. Charles Pope
Posted on 12/08/2012 12:50:55 PM PST by NYer
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posted on
12/08/2012 12:51:02 PM PST
by
NYer
To: NYer
Don chu be gibin yo chile no plantation name!
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posted on
12/08/2012 12:54:32 PM PST
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: netmilsmom; thefrankbaum; Tax-chick; GregB; saradippity; Berlin_Freeper; Litany; SumProVita; ...
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posted on
12/08/2012 12:55:26 PM PST
by
NYer
("Before I formed you in the womb I knew you." --Jeremiah 1:5)
To: NYer
the curse of individualism maybe there is some hostility toward traditional American values by some groups that feel oppressed by them.
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posted on
12/08/2012 1:00:06 PM PST
by
mjp
((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
To: NYer
Thanks to ‘exotic’ names a certain race uses, we can identify the perps even though the police report refuses to name them due to PC.
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posted on
12/08/2012 1:01:12 PM PST
by
patriot08
(NATIVE TEXAN (girl type))
To: NYer
I love the traditional and biblical names. A few are:
John
Mary
Michael
Martha
Matthew
Joseph
Sarah
Samuel
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posted on
12/08/2012 1:07:40 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: NYer
This has gone on throughout history. The insecure and dull-witted all feel the need to stand out and be different; and consequently, end up copying, or even worse, trying to one-up each other.
I first consciously observed this in college back in the days of the proto-goth, when (primarily female) liberal arts majors would don black clothing and paint their fingernails black in order to "be different." Eventually many of them all tried to be different and ended up looking alike. As a corrolary to this, I noted that the most truly unique and interesting people tended to dress and appear rather normal by comparison.
I suspect a similar thing goes on when dullard parents name their children.
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posted on
12/08/2012 1:08:36 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: NYer
Racist! s/. “QJ’QSha” will have a few job options: professional athlete, rapper, robber or welfare recipient.
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posted on
12/08/2012 1:13:46 PM PST
by
manic4organic
(It was nice knowing you, America.)
To: NYer
The Bible has some real doosies for names so giving the child a Bible name can result in just as much of a oddity as any "trendy" name can.
Try having Kerenhappauch as a name and you can quickly see the problem.
Best to give the child one "exotic" name if that is your bent and one "common" name that they can use if they wish.
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posted on
12/08/2012 1:16:35 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Fate plays chess and you don't find out until too late that he's been using two queens all along)
To: NYer
This is nothing but hatred of the children. When a child cannot be legally killed, the parent give him a name ugly enough to kill his spirit.
Why do the priests agree to baptize under such names?
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posted on
12/08/2012 1:17:53 PM PST
by
annalex
(fear them not)
To: manic4organic
I have a co-worker from American Samoa (husband is also Samoan)—She has a son named Tyrece, and a daughter named—Abc’De. I kid you not. When she had her fourth child, I asked her if she was going to name it Hij’kl. Fortunately, the child was given a regular name.
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posted on
12/08/2012 1:26:40 PM PST
by
Mrs.Liberty
(Somewhere in Kenya AND Delaware, villages are missing idiots.)
To: manic4organic
I have a co-worker from American Samoa (husband is also Samoan)—She has a son named Tyrece, and a daughter named—Abc’De. I kid you not. When she had her fourth child, I asked her if she was going to name it Hij’kl. Fortunately, the child was given a regular name.
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posted on
12/08/2012 1:26:57 PM PST
by
Mrs.Liberty
(Somewhere in Kenya AND Delaware, villages are missing idiots.)
To: NYer
They left out LoRenta, Urethra, LiNoleum and VaGina.
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posted on
12/08/2012 1:27:36 PM PST
by
Noumenon
(As long as you have a rifle, you STILL have a vote.)
To: NYer
My sister used to work at a “downtown” hospital. One mother said her daughter’s name was “Pay-jah-may”.
“How do you spell that?” my sister asked.
“P-A-J-A-M-A”.
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posted on
12/08/2012 1:29:03 PM PST
by
BwanaNdege
(Man has often lost his way, but modern man has lost his address - Gilbert K. Chesterton)
To: NYer
If they hate it so much, how come all the names in the NFL and in your own sphere of life have stupid names?
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posted on
12/08/2012 1:29:42 PM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: NYer
Actually this isn’t just a black problem. Everyone is being pretentious. Blacks do it by coming up with ridiculous made-up names. Whites do it by re-spelling normal names abnormally and using previously totally obscure Irish names.
They are all obnoxiously pretentious. My boy is just George.
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posted on
12/08/2012 1:40:18 PM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: NYer
rule of thumb, the sillier the name,(white OR black) the more they will cost the welfare system...
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posted on
12/08/2012 1:44:48 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: trisham
One of our Lebanese families began by naming their first son, Michael (after the Archangel). That child passed away 9 months later. He was followed by another son, this time, named Daniel. Then came a daughter, Joelle Marie followed by another boy, this time named for the Archangel Gabriel. The children reflect the strong character and holiness of those for whom they were named.
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posted on
12/08/2012 1:52:58 PM PST
by
NYer
("Before I formed you in the womb I knew you." --Jeremiah 1:5)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
The Bible has some real doosies for names so giving the child a Bible name can result in just as much of a oddity as any "trendy" name can.Not too many Hezekiah Uriah's anymore, but it was my great-great grandfather's first and middle name. :)
To: NYer
I think creative naming is a part of southern culture to a degree, adopted and imported by the AA community. The problem with it as I see it is that there is no one to identify with, no sense of belonging, no continuity. When you are named after a father or uncle, mother or auntie whom you know, love and and respect, it matters.
To illustrate, adolescent psychiatrist offices are filled with rootless white Jasons and Jareds and Justins, none of whom have any known relative with those names.
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