| Moongoddess256 said: You didn't respond to what I said. If it can't be assumed they are refusing due to the naming being after the dictator, it can't be assumed that they are aware that Adolf Hitler is a German name. Play by your own nonsense rules. |
No, it cannot be assumed that they know that the name is of German origin; however, whether or not they are aware is impertinent. They were the ones discriminating, and the onus is on them only to discriminate when it is explicitly allowed. In this case, it appears as if they simply assumed the child was named after the dictator and did not consider that the child may be named after a German relative. Perhaps they could have masked their disdain for Germans by feigning ignorance? It is a possibility. We simply cannot allow people to assume why a person was named and subsequently discriminate against them.
*edit* I did some further research on this, and it appears as if the child was indeed named Adolph Hitler because the father's ancestors were German. Also, Adolph is spelt differently than the German dictator's Adolf.
