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To: Silly

While I agree that parents come up with names for for their children that the system of government/accounting cannot adapt to, what right does a government have to place restrictions on child naming?


8 posted on 06/21/2007 5:17:40 AM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen (An American Patriot and an anti-Islam kind of fellow. (POI))
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To: WorkerbeeCitizen

They don’t. Society should deal with this on its own.


11 posted on 06/21/2007 5:19:06 AM PDT by arderkrag (Libertarian Nutcase (Political Compass Coordinates: 9.00, -2.62 - www.politicalcompass.org))
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To: WorkerbeeCitizen
While I agree that parents come up with names for for their children that the system of government/accounting cannot adapt to, what right does a government have to place restrictions on child naming?

Children are right's bearing individuals just as the parents. The government does have a legitimate role in settling conflicts between rights-bearing individuals. Since children cannot petition the government, that means that the government also has the moral authority to act as a petitioner on the child's behalf.

This is the exact same logic by which I oppose abortion, gay marriage, no-fault divorce, sperm donation, and single motherhood. The issue of children's right is the achilles heal of libertarianism.

Naming your child 4real is not as bad as separating him from his biological parents for selfish reasons. And given that there is an ounce of truth to the libertarian position that acting on behalf of children is a slippery slope, we need to tread gentle when interfering with how parents raise their children. I could legitimately see allowing the name on those grounds. But it is clear that the government has the moral ground to get involved. The only question is whether or not it would be prudent.

51 posted on 06/21/2007 6:33:12 AM PDT by Jibaholic (http://www.gentlerespect.com)
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To: WorkerbeeCitizen

Because we should not have to retool every computer in the US and even the world to deal with idiots.

These twits should be charged with attempted child abuse, and given drug tests.


64 posted on 06/21/2007 7:49:41 AM PDT by Idaho Whacko
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To: WorkerbeeCitizen

As silly as these gomers are, I’m gonna have to side with them in principle. It’s not up to government or “authorities” to decide what parents name their kid.


99 posted on 06/21/2007 2:49:03 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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