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Store Refuses to Make Birthday Cake for Adolf Hitler
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When you give your children names inspired by Nazism, you are pretty much asking for trouble. Finding your kids shunned and rejected by mainstream society would seem to be an obvious consequence of saddling them with such names, right? I guess 35-year-old Heath Campbell wasn't smart enough to have seen that coming when he named his children Adolf Hitler, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation and Honszlynn Hinler.Campbell, a self-proclaimed Holocaust denier, is outraged that the ShopRite grocery store in Holland Township, New Jersey refuses to make a cake that reads "Adolf Hitler" for his 3-year-old's birthday. Campbell's wife, 25-year-old Deborah is equally surprised. "ShopRite can't even make a cake for a 3-year-old," she said. "That's sad."
No, what is sad is that these two don't even appreciate what those names will mean for their children. The kids haven't started school yet, but when they do, their parents don't foresee any problems at all. "I just figured that they're just names," Deborah Campbell said. "They're just kids. They're not going to hurt anybody."
Top Baby Names 2008
The results are in and the top baby names for 2008 have been determined according to Babycenter.com. And despite the celebrity weirdness of late (Zuma Nesta Rock? Bronx Mowgli?) average parents are sticking with average names for their offspring.
For boys, Aiden retained his spot as the number one name (a position held since 2005), followed by Jayden, Ethan and Jacob. For the girls, Emma made a return to the number one position, knocking off last year's Sophia and beating out Isabella and Olivia. Seeing as how this was an election year, it isn't surprising to find that presidential names were popular with lots of boys being named Jackson and Tyler and girls getting Madison, Taylor and Kennedy.
Babycenter's editor-in-chief, Linda Murray says the results show a trend toward classic and old-fashioned names. "Times have changed and people are taking the world more seriously, affected by what is going on the world," she said.
Yes, it seems that most parents don't want their children being teased and chose names that would reflect something positive about them. For boys, parents said they wanted names that represented strength, kindness and compassion, compared to the strength and individuality they were going for in 2007. For girls, parents were looking for something that expressed kindness, compassion, intelligence and strength. Last year, they were looking for femininity and individuality.
I can't help but notice that for both boys' and girls' names, parents seem to have lost the desire for names that express individuality. Why do you suppose that is?
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9. Logan
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8. Jack
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7. Noah
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6. Jackson
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Clinical psychologist Robert M. Gordon disagrees. "By the time they get to school, they will already have been damaged," he said. "Any parent that would impose such horrific names on their children is mentally ill, and they would be affecting their children from the day they were born. Only a crazy person would do that."
In the meantime, little Adolf Hitler will get his birthday cake. The Campbells are taking their request to Wal-Mart, where Adolf's last two birthday cakes were made without any fuss.
| Yes. It's not his fault his parents are clueless. | |
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| No. His name is offensive and just plain wrong. |
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ReaderComments (Page 5 of 23)
12-17-2008 @ 8:18AM
Karen Constantine said...To name your loved ones after such hated and demented people shows that the Campbells are in bad need of psychiatric help.
If they had been in a concentration camp, the most horrific nightmare for children, their believes would change. These are hateful people. Their children stand no chance in this world of doing well.
The best thing a parent can do is to make their children turn out well, not have society have a problem with them.
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12-17-2008 @ 8:12AM
sulshe said...Well, this IS FRUITCAKE SEASON for us, for those parents, it's ALWAYS FRUITCAKE SEASON. Poor kids.
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12-17-2008 @ 8:15AM
Simzee said...If these were black kids with hate names.....no one would say a thing. Or everyone would be AFRAID to say anything.
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12-17-2008 @ 8:18AM
kay said...How sad for the kids that the parents would use them to make political statements. I hope the poor kids find out they can change their names when they're older. The tauting these kids will receive....I feel really badly for them. Shame on you so called parents.
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12-17-2008 @ 8:17AM
richard said...Let the lazy ass sick mother make the childs cake. It never fails to amaze me just how many sick twisted freaks are out there just like these people who would saddle their kids with names like this.
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12-17-2008 @ 8:47AM
Jon said...This is just proof that just because you have the ability to reproduce doesn't mean you should.
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12-17-2008 @ 8:28AM
beachqueennc said...Has everyone also forgotten what our new president's middle name is?
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12-17-2008 @ 8:32AM
goldfinger said...its not the point of making a cake for a 3yr, or its just a name,the issue is the NAME!!! and it reminds ppl of a man who once tortured and killed ppl of their race,and shoprite dont want to HONOR or GLORIFY a man who tortured and killed so many ppl and affected so many lives even up until today,but since you dumb americans dont see this,lets honor and praise osoma bin ladin,for what he done for america,he done nothing wrong,all he did was kill honest americans and knock down a couple of building because he needed parking on 911,bin ladin a hero and im starting to feel all funny inside, i will suck bin ladin %$#%..and im not even gay lol..you ppl are STUPID,and every stupid thing i read on a blog,JUST REMIND me on how crazy america is and that RACISM will NEVER die in america!!!...racism is in the courts,the police,your job,on the streets,and yet you dumb azz's try to live a normal life ..lol oh this is to good,im in stitches and im starting to feel funny again,is anyone here name is bin ladin?i mean its JUST A NAME RIGHT?
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12-17-2008 @ 1:13PM
Susan said...goldfinger....if you will take the time to read the posts, you will see that pretty much everyone on here is disgusted by the name these people put on their children. Please do not lump all Americans into one catagory. To do so makes you just as bad as anyone else who sterotypes.
12-17-2008 @ 8:33AM
Sunday said...I feel the parents are just plain crazy, attention seekers who plan on using their children to get their point across to society - so yes, that is a form of abuse! These are sick, self-centered parents.
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12-17-2008 @ 8:33AM
Bono said...The nerve of these parents. Ill never understand what they are thinking. I grew up next to a kid named Haywood Jablome! To make matters worse Anita Dick grew up on the other side of me. True story!
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12-17-2008 @ 8:53AM
jd said...They can make the cake but let the parents add the stupid name. Those names are ridiculous and I feel sorry for those kids and the parents. They are so ignorant.
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12-17-2008 @ 8:36AM
Joe said...These parents define the word retard, stupid and many other words. Surprised I mean are they kidding.
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12-17-2008 @ 6:51PM
MsMagic said...Hate breeds HATE !
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12-17-2008 @ 8:40AM
Ann said...i knew a guy once named Robert E. Lee. That poor guy was homeless and didn't really have a clue about social skills or how to take care of himself. He was really pathetic and I always thought it had something to do with his name.
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12-17-2008 @ 8:41AM
jeannie said...why would an american hospital or town clerks office allow people to name their children with a name that is anti american or of bad taste to a child in the future? the people who name their kids after someone who is hated, really did not want children in the first place.
most people who want to have a child , name their child with a good meaning name, not a this will haunt you for the rest of your life name. must be the couple never went to public schools.
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12-17-2008 @ 9:16AM
Sparkles said...Because it's a name, just like any other, and here as in most societies except for the ones where people pick their own names when they come of age, or have the local elder pick a name, parents choose their children's names.
I think this kid has just as good a chance as any other. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. It's sad that people have such a strong reaction over a name like that. Some people said this is how extremism is born. They're right, but it's the opposite: they're the ones being the extremists by ostracizing this kid for no good reason. And then there are those that are going along with the don't blame the child for the sins of the parents. But those people are still hung up by a little name. Seriously? Grow up. Different cultures have always had different names. Do you people think there should be a black list of what you can & can't name your kids? Does that sound like a good idea? Adolf Hitler did too. Actually that was one of his policies in Germany. The government controlled everything, right down to who you could marry and what your kids could be named. By reacting so harshly to his name you would be actualizing some of his own policies!
12-17-2008 @ 8:52AM
Joan said...These parents are sick. I pray that some day this kid realizes that, and changes his name to Martin Luther. People like this shouldn't be able to breed.
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12-17-2008 @ 8:43AM
nonny2t said...Those poor little children. The parents (well the biologicals as they aren't parents) say nothing will happen to the kids. WRONG! I imagine the poor things will get beaten up, called names, spit on and variety of other things. Just because you adults are clueless, cruel idiots, doesn't mean you have the right to inflict the same filthy ideas on your poor children. As a German who had jewish relatives in Germany during the war, these two people are the most repugnant on earth. All I can say is one day they will stand before God who will throw them into hell for their misguided ideas and keeping their children from Christ and I doubt they will argue with him!
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12-17-2008 @ 9:45AM
Richard Embrey Sr. said...I feel very sad that someone would inflict their children with 3 strikes against them before they even get a chance at bat.It seem's to me that their parent's have a very limited grasp of history and it seem's ....NO SOCIAL SKILL'S AT ALL !
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