Metallica is a girl's name

[Cornell]

My your statement, then you would be ok with the gov't listening in on your phone conversations to protect you, right?

that's not the same thing

Whatever - it is to me - someone is butting into your personal life.

On the name, if the kid hates it, she can go by her middle name, nick name or once she's old enough, legally change it.? It's not that big of a deal.

so because the parents are stupid you make that kid go through that. instead of ... just telling the parents to pick another name.

Do they monitor what the kids wear too - they get teased for that too.  And their hygene, hair style, friends....  the list goes on.  How much can you control these stupid parents?

I spelled my son's name in an uncommon way - thank goodness the name police weren't there to tell me to change it.  He loves the way it's spelled and feels special.

[tbizzle]

I didn't say they were the same - just mentioned it like everyone else did.

yeah, but i think you could name your kid bon scott in sweden easily, try name your kid metallica in USA, i think they will have a problem with it there too but i dunno, at least i hope they do,

as i said before, it's for the childs best that the law is there, not to censore the parents or whatever (i don't think it's "only in sweden")

Na, you can name your kid whatever you want over here. Come to think of it there probably is a Metallica.  Also just this year, some man got permission from his wife to name their kid ESPN after the sports network.  I've heard of some others, but none are coming to mind right now.

[Cornell]

I didn't say they were the same - just mentioned it like everyone else did.

yeah, but i think you could name your kid bon scott in sweden easily, try name your kid metallica in USA, i think they will have a problem with it there too but i dunno, at least i hope they do,

as i said before, it's for the childs best that the law is there, not to censore the parents or whatever (i don't think it's "only in sweden")

Na, you can name your kid whatever you want over here. Come to think of it there probably is a Metallica.? Also just this year, some man got permission from his wife to name their kid ESPN after the sports network.? I've heard of some others, but none are coming to mind right now.

Didn't Michael Jackson name his kid Blanket or something? 

[supaplex]

My your statement, then you would be ok with the gov't listening in on your phone conversations to protect you, right?

that's not the same thing

Whatever - it is to me - someone is butting into your personal life.

On the name, if the kid hates it, she can go by her middle name, nick name or once she's old enough, legally change it.  It's not that big of a deal.

so because the parents are stupid you make that kid go through that. instead of ... just telling the parents to pick another name.

Do they monitor what the kids wear too - they get teased for that too.  And their hygene, hair style, friends....  the list goes on.  How much can you control these stupid parents?

I spelled my son's name in an uncommon way - thank goodness the name police weren't there to tell me to change it.  He loves the way it's spelled and feels special.

i think you're exagerating a little bit. maybe parents should give their child whatever name they desire but i know of a case that the parents wanted to name their child 666 (i'm serious), do you think they should be allowed to?

[tbizzle]

My your statement, then you would be ok with the gov't listening in on your phone conversations to protect you, right?

that's not the same thing

Whatever - it is to me - someone is butting into your personal life.

On the name, if the kid hates it, she can go by her middle name, nick name or once she's old enough, legally change it.? It's not that big of a deal.

so because the parents are stupid you make that kid go through that. instead of ... just telling the parents to pick another name.

Do they monitor what the kids wear too - they get teased for that too.? And their hygene, hair style, friends....? the list goes on.? How much can you control these stupid parents?

I spelled my son's name in an uncommon way - thank goodness the name police weren't there to tell me to change it.? He loves the way it's spelled and feels special.

i think you're exagerating a little bit. maybe parents should give their child whatever name they desire but i know of a case that the parents wanted to name their child 666 (i'm serious), do you think they should be allowed to?

If thats what they want to name their kid, then yes! I don't think it would be a great name, but it isn't up to me.

[Elrothiel]

Whatever someone's name is, if they don't like it, they can legally get it changed to something else. Its no biggie if their rents call them something dumb because when the kid learns what its name is, he or she can just insist to be called by a different name, and then when its old enough, can go to court and get it changed legally to that name.