Vanity Kills: A homophobic number plate has been withdrawn by Britain's Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency after complaints by a leading gay MP who claimed that the number plate H8 GAY was offensive to gay people. So much for self-deprecating humor: the number plate belonged to a gay couple who purchased it as a joke for their blue Jaguar, who traded it in for A8 ASS. (PinkNews)
Island Attack: Journalist and friend Dick Jefferson is heading to back to St. Maarten to pursue justice for him and his friends. (Advocate)
Banned for Life: Notorious women's tennis coach Joey G -- aka Joe Giuliano -- likes a little lovin' with his coaching, and by lovin' I mean sexual assault. Just ask Tara Snyder, Evgenia Linetskaya and Ashley Harkleroad . (NYDN)
Murder, He Wrote: The man accused of killing a 10-year-old neighbor girl for an elaborate plan to eat human flesh joked about cannibalism on his online diary. I don't get it. (AP)
The Book of Pretentious Baby Names: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are said to be considering a Namibian name for their baby. Of course they are. (AP)
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Why shouldn't the Jolie and Pitt name their child a Namibian name? Why should we put more value on a Western European name over another type?
Is John better than Janusz or Yun-fat, or Miguel, or Kwesi?
Frankly, I think Kwesi is better than Pilot Inspektor
I'm on your (implied) side, Kenneth. I think labeling the child with a name everyone thinks is pretentions except for anonymous, is, well pretentious. No, if my parents had named me "lower case a, nonymous" I would probably have issues, too. :-)
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2 comments:
Why shouldn't the Jolie and Pitt name their child a Namibian name? Why should we put more value on a Western European name over another type?
Is John better than Janusz or Yun-fat, or Miguel, or Kwesi?
Frankly, I think Kwesi is better than Pilot Inspektor
I'm on your (implied) side, Kenneth. I think labeling the child with a name everyone thinks is pretentions except for anonymous, is, well pretentious. No, if my parents had named me "lower case a, nonymous" I would probably have issues, too. :-)
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