Saturday, August 1, 2009

You think Big Brother is watching you?

Think again. In China, where government keeps a tight rein on the economy, on jobs, consumer goods, and restricts families to having one child each, now if your name isn't on the official list of names, you have to change it!

If you remember a few months ago, a grocery store refused to decorate a cake for little Adolph Hitler Campbell, for reasons which may be obvious. While giving this name to a child borders on criminal stupidity, the government didn't step in and deny his parents the opportunity to do so; while it seems okay in this case, just on therapy bills alone, where do you draw the line? There's always some overzealous bureaucrat who thinks their way is better.


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