Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Stirring it up.

There's nothing worse than a shit stirrer. You know the type: People who do things that they know will draw attention to themselves, then get twisted up over the attention it draws to themselves. It's a form of mental illness. To wit:
EASTON, Pa. – The father of 3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell, denied a birthday cake with the child's full name on it by one New Jersey supermarket, is asking for a little tolerance. Heath Campbell and his wife, Deborah, are upset not only with the decision made by the Greenwich ShopRite, but with an outpouring of angry Internet postings in response to a local newspaper article over the weekend on their flare-up over frosting.
The first thing happened three years ago when Mister and Missus dumbass named a kid Adolph Hitler Campbell. They're Americans, one presumes. Giving a child the middle name Hitler is questionable judgment at the least and at the most downright stupid. It's the same reason you wouldn't name him Dick Sucker Campbell or any sort of name that can either be shortened or changed in some way that simulates a bodily function. Mulva.
"I think people need to take their heads out of the cloud they've been in and start focusing on the future and not on the past," Heath Campbell said Tuesday in an interview conducted in Easton, on the other side of the Delaware River from where the family lives in Hunterdon County, N.J.
"There's a new president and he says it's time for a change; well, then it's time for a change," the 35-year-old continued. "They need to accept a name. A name's a name. The kid isn't going to grow up and do what (Hitler) did." Deborah Campbell, 25, said she phoned in her order last week to the Shop Rite. When she told the bakery department she wanted her son's name spelled out, she was told to talk to a supervisor, who denied the request
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How do they know what the kid is going to grow up and do? Maybe the kid cures cancer. Then we have to say, "Adolph Hitler Campbell cured cancer." Maybe he develops a deep-rooted psychotic disorder and lives a life of isolation? Or maybe he joins the Klan? Who's to say?
The second thing that happened was that the parents specifically requested the child's full name be put on the cake. They only did that because the child's middle name was Hitler. That's called stirring. Who puts a kid's full name on a birthday cake? Happy Birthday Adolph would probably do the trick, since I doubt that there is more than one kid named Adolph at the party and there is no reason for the cake to be name-specific. It's a tactic to draw attention. Next, comes part three.
Heath Campbell said he named his son after Adolf Hitler because he liked the name and because "no one else in the world would have that name." He sounded surprised by all the controversy the dispute had generated.
That's the dumbass part. No two children in the world would be named Adolph Hitler because it's a shitty name for a kid and you might want to think about changing it before the kid is beaten senseless by people of all races, creeds and colors. Why invite trouble by intentionally naming the kid after a heartless man who presided over the systematic genocide of an estimated six million Jews and established a totalitarian and fascist dictatorship?
You could have named him George Walker Campbell.
Talk amongst yourselves.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

As a German I am supposed to have an opinion on this, right? First of all, "dumbass" is probably what describes the parents' minds best. I used to admire your extremely liberal laws on naming children, because it encourages creativity or so I thought. The exact opposite of the American practice is Portugal where practivally every girl is named Maria and every boy José. But we don't want that either.

Mr and Mrs Dumbass should have listened during history lessons - if they attended them.

Anthony said...

I just read another account that says he has two younger sisters: JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell, and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell.

Honestly.

Can anyone verify this?

Handsome B. Wonderful said...

Oh good god. Everyday I learn something new to make me want to build a space ship and blast off this rock.

This is child abuse pure and simple. I can't believe that a judge or whomever is in charge (if anyone) would allow those names.

Hopefully those kids grow up semi-normal enough to change their names. Can you imagine going for a job interview as Adolph Hitler Campbell???

kimmyk said...

i heard about this yesterday morning on my way to work. and the daughters names too.

i'm not surprised anymore at the lengths people will go to for their fifteen seconds of fame.

The Caveman said...

There's white supremacists in Hunterdon County?!?!? You might expect that from the midwest or south but not North Jersey.

I feel sorry for this kid because some day he's going to find out the whole story behind who he's named after. I imagine then he's going to come home from school and ask his parents, "Why the hell is my name Adolph Hitler?" and they'll say, "Shut up and keep passing out those flyers for tomorrow night's rally!"

kimmyk said...

LOL @ The Caveman!

susan said...

Kudos for writing about this before it was on The View.

I find it very distasteful and so want to call DYFS to complain about child abuse.

Well, these kids are going to be on shrink couches for the rest of their lives.

I just find it strange that none of the girls were named after Ava Braun, or Blondie, his dog. (not Deborah Harry).

Anthony said...

Oh Susan, I'm light years ahead of The View. :)

As far as the kids, I'm figuring they'll live in their parents' shadows until they're old enough to get their own Nazi tattoos and rent their own apartments, at which time they will take over leadership of their own little Arian Nation.
Two parents - three kids. It's a "Plus One" situation for hate mongers.
That's how they stay in business.

susan said...

Just gave you a shout out Anthony on my blog on this piece. Take care.

Ladyred said...

If Handsome ever blasts off this rock, I want a seat. I did not hear this and to my surprise, I'm not really appalled. I should be. But working at the hospital photographing these little babies, I come across some awful names. Or stupid ones. Not any like in this article, but someone did name their child Stanley Kubrick Smith (I don't know the last name). Granted, that has nothing on Adolf HItler whatshisname, but please!