tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post5616011422892418072..comments2024-03-11T00:26:35.303-07:00Comments on The Many Banes of My Existence by Alexis: NAMES Revisited: My Friend's DissertationAlexisARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-70799378701891540252017-06-19T20:29:19.537-07:002017-06-19T20:29:19.537-07:00I realize why, even though sometimes it seems wron...I realize why, even though sometimes it seems wrong, government cannot insert itself into the process of procreation, which is why a person cannot operate a motor vehicle on a public roadway without having passed some sort of test at some point along the way, but can, with no assessment of competence whatsoever, be allowed to spawn a human life and can take full responsibility for the care and well-being of that new life. I propose as a compromise, since we can't have any say in who gets to make babies with whom and what they do with the child once it arrives as long as there's no compelling evidence of abuse or serious neglect, that a parent must at least past some sort of minimum competency evaluation before the parent is allowed to name a child and to determine the spelling of the name. If the parent isn't at least minimally competent, allow the hospital's registrar to name the kid. We would have far fewer kids with really dumb-ass names under my system. Granted, they'd still be thoroughly screwed up by their parents' brain-dead genetics and child-rearing practices, but at least they would be named Victoria or Benjamin instead of Lee-a or Lucifer.AlexisARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-90813300517669660492017-06-19T12:29:46.094-07:002017-06-19T12:29:46.094-07:00Going on with the politically incorrect theme, the...Going on with the politically incorrect theme, there was a woman who named her daughter Lee-a. When asked how to pronounce it she sad, "Lee-dash-a, the dash don't be silent". Some parents are unintentionally cruel.Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170214396483091419noreply@blogger.com