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Do you agree with the store's refusal to make a birthday cake inscribed with Adolf Hitler Campbell's name?
Or do you agree with the father's claim that doing so "violated the rights" of the boy?
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They have every legal right, certainly. Business can refuse to serve anyone for any reason - not that they should, but they can.
As for the morality of this decision, I think it's a good decision on their part. The parent's claims that they're not racist and they just wanted a unique name for their child are total BS.
As if naming your child "Adolf Hitler" isn't proof enough of being a racist, on top of that: the other children are named "Ayran Nation" and "Honszlynn Hinler." And the very same bakery stated that the same couple had attempted to order cupcakes with swastikas on them in the past. From Mahalo's own page:
"According to the few visitors who have been allowed inside, the Campbell's home has many displays of Nazi memorabilia and symbolism."
Yesterday (the 13th,) the children were removed from the home by child protective services. I hope they give a better home to the children.
As for the morality of this decision, I think it's a good decision on their part. The parent's claims that they're not racist and they just wanted a unique name for their child are total BS.
As if naming your child "Adolf Hitler" isn't proof enough of being a racist, on top of that: the other children are named "Ayran Nation" and "Honszlynn Hinler." And the very same bakery stated that the same couple had attempted to order cupcakes with swastikas on them in the past. From Mahalo's own page:
"According to the few visitors who have been allowed inside, the Campbell's home has many displays of Nazi memorabilia and symbolism."
Yesterday (the 13th,) the children were removed from the home by child protective services. I hope they give a better home to the children.
It certainly did not violate the rights of the boy. It's a business. They don't want your business? Go elsewhere. Big deal.
I also don't agree with the store's refusal to let someone give them money in exchange for pouring one type of icing onto another in the shape of a certain sequence of letters. It's just words. Who cares? Is it some magical Harry Potter cake incantation? Do they fear that writing He Who Must Not Be Named on it, they will bring him back from the dead? You're a business. Take the money.
Unless the store owner (or employee) is Jewish. That's right up there with asking a black baker to write... well, you know how that sentence finishes.
It's still just words, but they've got legit personal reasons to choose not to participate in that particular transaction.
I also happen to agree, by the way, that perhaps the parents are unfit -- who burdens a child with that name?
I also don't agree with the store's refusal to let someone give them money in exchange for pouring one type of icing onto another in the shape of a certain sequence of letters. It's just words. Who cares? Is it some magical Harry Potter cake incantation? Do they fear that writing He Who Must Not Be Named on it, they will bring him back from the dead? You're a business. Take the money.
Unless the store owner (or employee) is Jewish. That's right up there with asking a black baker to write... well, you know how that sentence finishes.
It's still just words, but they've got legit personal reasons to choose not to participate in that particular transaction.
I also happen to agree, by the way, that perhaps the parents are unfit -- who burdens a child with that name?
It's the store's right to decide who they wish to do business with. This is the third year in a row, according to press releases, that the same store refused to do what they asked. Find another store and move on already. Obviously Wal Mart had no qualms doing what they asked. Why go back to the first store knowing they won't do it? Just to cause problems and get his fifteen minutes of fame.
I think that the only offensive thing is that the guy named is child Adolf Hitler. Sure, he can say all he wants that it's just a name, but with the kind of history behind it that that name has, why would you purposely set your child up for a life of torment and hatred?
The fact that this issue made national news is just sad. There are far worse things in the world than a pair of nutty parents naming their kids poorly, yet this gets a near 6 minute spot on MSNBC?
I think that the only offensive thing is that the guy named is child Adolf Hitler. Sure, he can say all he wants that it's just a name, but with the kind of history behind it that that name has, why would you purposely set your child up for a life of torment and hatred?
The fact that this issue made national news is just sad. There are far worse things in the world than a pair of nutty parents naming their kids poorly, yet this gets a near 6 minute spot on MSNBC?
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