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19-12-2007 03:47
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An Italian court has ruled that a couple could not name their son "Friday" and ordered that he instead be called Gregory after the saint whose feast day he was born on.
"I think it is ridiculous they even opened a case about it," the family's lawyer, Paola Rossi, told Reuters by telephone from the northern city of Genoa Tuesday.
Friday/Gregory Germano was born in Genoa 15 months ago. The parents registered him as Friday in the city hall and a priest even baptized him as Friday -- unusual in Italy since many priests insist that first names be of Christian origin.
"We named him Friday because we like the sound of the name. Even if it would have been a girl, we would have named her Friday," the boy's mother, Mara Germano, told Reuters.
When the boy was about five months old, a city hall clerk brought the odd name to the attention of a tribunal, which informed the couple of an administrative norm which bars parents from giving "ridiculous or shameful" first names to children.
The tribunal said it was protecting the child from being the butt of jokes and added that it believed the name would hinder him from developing "serene interpersonal relationships."
The Germano family appealed but lost their case this month and the story was carried on the front page of a national newspaper Tuesday.
When ordered to change the name, the parents refused and the court ruled the boy would be legally registered as Gregory because he was born on that saint's feast day.
"I really doubt this would have happened to the child of parents who are rich and famous," the boy's mother told Reuters, recalling that some famous Italians had given their children unorthodox names such as "Ocean" or "Chanel."
The appeals court ruled against Friday because it recalled the servile savage in Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe and because superstitious Italians consider Friday an unlucky day.
"I am livid about this," the boy's mother said. "A court should not waste its time with things like this when there is so much more to worry about."
"My son was born Friday, baptized Friday, will call himself Friday, we will call him Friday but when he gets older he will have to sign his name Gregory," she said.
A deistvitelno, ra3ve eto vopros cerkvi ili suda? Kakoe im delo kak 3ovut togo ili inogo rebenka/4eloveka?
Mne, naprimer, o4en` nravyatsya jenskie imena Italy i Asia.
Tak po4emu je ne Friday?
An Italian court has ruled that a couple could not name their son "Friday" and ordered that he instead be called Gregory after the saint whose feast day he was born on.
"I think it is ridiculous they even opened a case about it," the family's lawyer, Paola Rossi, told Reuters by telephone from the northern city of Genoa Tuesday.
Friday/Gregory Germano was born in Genoa 15 months ago. The parents registered him as Friday in the city hall and a priest even baptized him as Friday -- unusual in Italy since many priests insist that first names be of Christian origin.
"We named him Friday because we like the sound of the name. Even if it would have been a girl, we would have named her Friday," the boy's mother, Mara Germano, told Reuters.
When the boy was about five months old, a city hall clerk brought the odd name to the attention of a tribunal, which informed the couple of an administrative norm which bars parents from giving "ridiculous or shameful" first names to children.
The tribunal said it was protecting the child from being the butt of jokes and added that it believed the name would hinder him from developing "serene interpersonal relationships."
The Germano family appealed but lost their case this month and the story was carried on the front page of a national newspaper Tuesday.
When ordered to change the name, the parents refused and the court ruled the boy would be legally registered as Gregory because he was born on that saint's feast day.
"I really doubt this would have happened to the child of parents who are rich and famous," the boy's mother told Reuters, recalling that some famous Italians had given their children unorthodox names such as "Ocean" or "Chanel."
The appeals court ruled against Friday because it recalled the servile savage in Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe and because superstitious Italians consider Friday an unlucky day.
"I am livid about this," the boy's mother said. "A court should not waste its time with things like this when there is so much more to worry about."
"My son was born Friday, baptized Friday, will call himself Friday, we will call him Friday but when he gets older he will have to sign his name Gregory," she said.
A deistvitelno, ra3ve eto vopros cerkvi ili suda? Kakoe im delo kak 3ovut togo ili inogo rebenka/4eloveka?
Mne, naprimer, o4en` nravyatsya jenskie imena Italy i Asia.
Tak po4emu je ne Friday?
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Фред_Юнг_боцман_Шрёдингера
22-12-2007-22:29
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Florecita,
Human_machine,
а я по большей части согласен с мотивами суда:
The tribunal said it was protecting the child from being the butt of jokes and added that it believed the name would hinder him from developing "serene interpersonal relationships."
Т.е. религиозные мотивы к этому запрету не имеют никакого отношения! Тем более что священник согласился на имя Пятница.
Многие родители любят на детях вымещать свои причуды и реализовать всякие фантазии, и они при этом не задумываются или предпочитают не думать об интересах самого ребенка, о его будущем. Со мной в школе учились пара мальчиков с нетипичными именами и я помню, как им тяжело приходилось из-за насмешек и оскорблений. Если бы мы жили в идеальном - справедливом и гуманном обществе - тогда такие запреты были бы конечно абсурдны. Но в реальности какие-то ограничения в интересах ребенка, на мой взгляд, вполне оправданы. Конечно, тут перегибать палку тоже нельзя, иначе это будет уже ущемление прав человека и вторжение в частную жизнь.
Human_machine,
а я по большей части согласен с мотивами суда:
The tribunal said it was protecting the child from being the butt of jokes and added that it believed the name would hinder him from developing "serene interpersonal relationships."
Т.е. религиозные мотивы к этому запрету не имеют никакого отношения! Тем более что священник согласился на имя Пятница.
Многие родители любят на детях вымещать свои причуды и реализовать всякие фантазии, и они при этом не задумываются или предпочитают не думать об интересах самого ребенка, о его будущем. Со мной в школе учились пара мальчиков с нетипичными именами и я помню, как им тяжело приходилось из-за насмешек и оскорблений. Если бы мы жили в идеальном - справедливом и гуманном обществе - тогда такие запреты были бы конечно абсурдны. Но в реальности какие-то ограничения в интересах ребенка, на мой взгляд, вполне оправданы. Конечно, тут перегибать палку тоже нельзя, иначе это будет уже ущемление прав человека и вторжение в частную жизнь.
captain_Kid, v obwem, soglasna.
no vot ya 3nala mal4ika Darvin- i ni4ego, nikto nad nim ne i3devalsya...
Eto ved` toje 3avisit ot togo kak sebya prepodnesew`...
no vot ya 3nala mal4ika Darvin- i ni4ego, nikto nad nim ne i3devalsya...
Eto ved` toje 3avisit ot togo kak sebya prepodnesew`...
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