pezus said:
These names aren't very Icelandic though. I wouldn't want to see an Iceland filled with English names. If you mean the Icelandic versions of these names, there are quite a few odd names that have been accepted in recent years. The committee is sometimes a bit inconsistant though, allowing some weird names but not others. |
Those are just some examples I came up with and since I'm an English speak with almost no knowledge of Icelandic naming conventions I wouldn't even begin to try to give examples in their native tongue.
My point is simply that a banned name list would serve the people much better. There are pleny of odd or foreign names that are perfectly innocent and acceptible. The state should not limit free speech, especialy when that speech is possitive like naming a child after a beautiful flower.
I personly don't believe any government should have the power to stop even the worst bad names, but if the state is going to do it a ban list would be the better way to do it. It would stop the worst names names without limiting innocently odd or new ones.
It's not like a few people naming their kids after a summer breeze is going to fundimentally change the local culture. But as an American I come from a culture that puts very little value on culture.
