Another fine example of the way the government takes care of our happiness.
What’s next, banning stupid pets’ names lest they should become upset?
Whoo go facism.
The ironic part is the refrence to Robinson Crusoe, and its hypothetical usage in Austrian Econ.
Holy shit! They didn’t just shoot down his current name, they renamed him themselves.
That, too.
Blame the Pope [;)]
Did you see the link to “NZ judge orders ‘odd’ name change”? Parents naming their kids things like “Number 16 Bus Shelter” and “Sex Fruit” is almost enough to make this sort of thing seem sensible 
Italy is not alone.
Venezuela is thinking of a similar law. Only the children of ethnic foreigners will be able to name their children with non-Spanish names, if the law goes into effect in the near future.
Heh. And people say Americans are cultural protectionists.[:|]
Anyway, in a broader context this situation isn’t too surprising, given the hubris of politicians. I mean, they already try to control the weather and engineer ideal societies. One might expect that they would try to control how people are called by disallowing certain legal names and actually think it would work.
I know a girl named Friday, but she was named after the titular character from the Robert Heinlein novel.
Well, if we want to take the individualist approach, the moment the child protests their name is the instant the parents no longer have authority on the matter.
Yes; my sister changed her name.
That’s just silly, any young child can protest their name for any reason they like.
Well, if parents love their child they’ll stop calling him an embarassing name when it becomes clear s/he is upset with it or is mocked by other kids. When I was small, my parents used to call me with a version of my name that sounded funny and other kids in the kindergarten started teasing me about it. So I just asked my folks to stop calling me this and the did, at least in public.