Couple try to name baby bin Laden

[L@mplighterM]

Couple try to name baby bin Laden

Snip:
BERLIN, Germany -- A Turkish couple living in Germany who want to call their child Osama bin Laden have been refused permission by German officials but are to appeal to a judge.
Names can only be registered in Germany if they fulfil certain criteria. A name must clearly identify the child's gender and must not ridicule the child or be offensive.
"Hitler" is banned as a name for that reason.
Registrations officials in Cologne, where the young couple live, rejected the name because it would not be allowed in Turkey, a spokeswoman for the magistrates court now dealing with the case said on Thursday.

http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe...ama/index.html

I wouldn't be surprise if there were cries of racism coming from both parents.

Not only that I wouldn't be surprised if the German taxpayers will end up footing their legal bills (not that I care but they might). Of course the taxpayers are footing the bill for the Judge to sit on the bench and render judgement.

[Ezra]

That's what we pay to let such barbaric people use our democracy system.

[Mediocrates]

Oh what's the big deal.