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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (57036)	9/6/2002 3:22:07 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Reminds me of "A Boy Named Sue" by Johnny Cash. Speaking of people doing things that push the envelope, what do you think of the Jack in the Box commercials where they interview "Ronald MacDonald" and "Jared from the subway" about their preferences for Jack in the Box food products? Legally, they seem to be on solid ground because the people are who they say they are, but if my name is MacDonald, I bet I couldn't open a store called "MacDonalds Hamburgers" now could I?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (57036)	9/6/2002 4:11:40 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I saw that. That is where I found out you can't name your baby Hitler in Germany. I assume in the Us such a name would be protected by free speech- but it does verge on child abuse (imo). There must be test cases on objectionable names. If you run across any cases CH, would you post them? I'm curious. Because I told someone else that I thought in this country you had pretty much complete freedom to name yourself, or your child, anything you want. Is that true?