3-year-old Hitler can't get name on cake

[Plaidman]

I love how some comments were sprouting their hate for the goverment for daring to ruin a parents right to name their child those names. They bothered to read the fact their father was an abusive murderous maniac and the kids were in danger.

[anakhouri]

If the kids were being abused, then they should have been removed from the home, and I'm glad they were.

But on the subject of the name...obviously there was racism being taught in this house. And obviously the parents are idiots for giving their children names with such bad connotations and not thinking of how the world views them. But people have tje right to name their kids as they please, even if it's stupid, and they have the right to raise their children as they see fit, even if it means teaching them to be narrow-minded and bigoted.

The store has a right to refuse service to anyone. But...I would have done it, I think. Maybe not the swastikas, but the name. Because no little kid deservees to go without a birthday cake just because his parents are morons.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I wouldn't have. And if anyone had asked me, I would have said that since my family is Jewish on my father's side, I have every right to refuse.

I disagree on your other point too; would you agree to a child being named Sex Fruit or Vagina then? Or of being taught that, say, black people are evil and deserve to be killed? I wouldn't go so far to say that was abuse, but it's certainly not the right way to bring up a child and could have devastating effects on the child in the future. The parents might be at fault for calling this child Adolf Hitler, but it's little Adolf who will bear the brunt of people's anger at his name.

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

You know, I was all about defending the right for this child to have a cake with his name on it, even if his name was something offensive. After all, most Muslim names offend those intolerant of Muslims.

But when I got to this part of the article...

Karen Meleta, a spokeswoman for ShopRite, defended the supermarket. She said the Campbells had similar requests denied at the same store the last two years and said Heath Campbell previously had asked for a swastika to be included in the decoration.

...this guy lost any sympathy from me.

I could argue that the Swastika was used by Native Americans, as well as many other cultures pre-dating the Third Reich by thousands of years. But when you put both the name and the icon together, this is the signs of an attention whore who is putting his child in the middle of something he is innocent of.

This child isn't interested in making a statement. This child isn't able to grasp the political nuances. Hell this kid is likely still eating his own boogers.

This child just wants to be a child and sadly his parents are being colossal, Olympic-sized douches.

[DrFaroohk]

Who names their kid that!?!?!?!? That's stupid. They've ruined this poor kids life. What college is going to accept a kid named Adolf Hitler Campbell? What job will hire him? They'll take one look at his application and throw it away (or hit the delete button).

I can't STAND people who give their kids shitty names. Even normal names spelled wrong, like "Gennyphir". Or trailer trash people who name their kids stuff like "Lord Christian Dante the Fourth" for a first name. How about if you want to stand out, change your own name to Adolf Hitler Stalin bin Laden.

[fireheart17]

Breaking it down.

Cake: I wouldn't have done it either. Thankfully my store does have requirements on what we can and can't put on birthday cakes.
Name: If the kids have been fostered/adopted out, is there a chance that someone could rule for a name change? I recall the girl with Talulah Does The Hula from Hawaii was allowed to.
Parents: That's awful.

[crashhelmet]

I read in one article where the parents ended up going to Walmart and they decorated the cake for them without problem. Whether or not they added the swastikas, it didn't say. I'll see if I can find the link and add it.

What I also remember from the same article was that a big part of the reason the judge removed them from the home were letters their mother wrote to a neighbor in fear of her life. Something along the lines of "If you don't hear from me tomorrow, please call the cops because he killed me."

The judge deemed it an unhealthy and unstable home as a result.

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Found it

[Teysa]

I do think there's some hope for the mother if she can get the psychological help she needs. From the note she wrote it does sound like she has some concern for her children. While giving it to the neighbors may not have been the best course of action, it was not the worst either. At the very least it got those poor kids out of the house.

[draco664]

The statement being made without an explicit condemnation of the sentiment expressed implies agreement with the sentiment. It becomes a supportive statement, and is extremely non-derogatory.

Bull. Shit.

Making the statement "Person A believed X" in no way implies agreement. That you believe so does imply that your critical reasoning skills are lacking.

[Red Panda]

Who names their kid that!?!?!?!? That's stupid. They've ruined this poor kids life. What college is going to accept a kid named Adolf Hitler Campbell? What job will hire him? They'll take one look at his application and throw it away (or hit the delete button).

Worst of all they had all the opportunities in the world to name him Bruce but squandered them.

Name: If the kids have been fostered/adopted out, is there a chance that someone could rule for a name change? I recall the girl with Talulah Does The Hula from Hawaii was allowed to.
Parents: That's awful.

Indeed she did.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/...re-child-names


As horrible as it must be for these kids at least there is a bunch of them in the same town so it must not be that bad for them. Thats my weak justification for laughing at Yeah Detroit and Sex Fruit.

Oddly enough, all these names which are horrible for children sound like they would be pretty good names for rock bands.

[Hobbs]

Worst of all they had all the opportunities in the world to name him Bruce but squandered them.

No more needs be said

[Bloodsoul]

I actually named my character in Pokémon Emerald "Vagina." I blame Strangers in Paradise with Ms. Jet Jones' bad influence.

[Red Panda]

I've named my rival Hitler in the past.


Nothing feels better then besting Hitler in a Pokemon battle.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Psh. Everyone knows that Stalin is a far better name. Stalin totally pwns Hitler, you know.

[Nyoibo]

Psh. Everyone knows that Stalin is a far better name. Stalin totally pwns Hitler, you know.

Only in the winter.