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a boy named sue [1] From a book review

“Studies showed that children with odd names got worse grades and were less popular than other classmates in elementary school. In college they were more likely to flunk out or become "psychoneurotic." Prospective bosses spurned their résumés. They were overrepresented among emotionally disturbed children and psychiatric patients.”
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“The authors also interviewed adults today who had survived names like Candy Stohr, Cash Guy, Mary Christmas, River Jordan and Rasp Berry. All of them, even Happy Day, seemed untraumatized.

"They were very proud of their names, almost overly proud," Sherrod said. "We asked if that was a reaction to getting pummeled when they were little, but they said they didn't get that much ribbing. They did get a little tired of hearing the same jokes, but they liked having an unusual name because it made them stand out." ”
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“But even if a bad name doesn't doom a child, why would any parent christen an infant Ogre? Sherrod found several of them, along with children named Ghoul, Gorgon, Medusa, Hades, Lucifer and every deadly sin except Gluttony (his favorite was Wrath Gordon).”

Of course, a child with an seriously demeaning and ridiculous name can always be advised to solve the problem by refusing to respond to any name but Janet (or whatever name the person should prefer).

end note

“My daddy left home when I was three
And he didn't leave much to ma and me
Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.
Now, I don't blame him cause he run and hid
But the meanest thing that he ever did
Was before he left, he went and named me "Sue." ”
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“And he said: "Son, this world is rough
And if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough
And I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along.
So I give ya that name and I said goodbye
I knew you'd have to get tough or die
And it's the name that helped to make you strong." ”

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“I got all choked up and I threw down my gun
And I called him my pa, and he called me his son,
And I came away with a different point of view.
And I think about him, now and then,
Every time I try and every time I win,
And if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him
Bill or George! Anything but Sue! I still hate that name!”

[Lyrics from azlyrics.com]

A boy named Sue
by Johnny Cash

Audio CD album [20 tracks]
B00004S7EV
$10.49 [2006 reprint]
amazon.co.uk [1999 edition]

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spitzer and wife - the disgusting and irrational behaviour of the leftist fossil media

Several idiocies from the media harpies.

Idiocy one: you’d think he had enough at home.

Typical foolishness of irrational ‘feminists’. What do they think they are offering - an interchangeable hole?

That is the logic of such expostulations. All women are just holes. Who would want to change one for another?

Change one for another? No, it is natural human curiosity and the seeking of different company, a different friendship. Females are not just holes, as these harpies suggest. They are different people, with different ideas and experiences to offer.

These leftist media harpies actually seem to hate women, or wimmin.

The harpies appear ignorant of natural male drives and economies that are highly different from those of females. And even so, 10-30% of children are not fathered by the alleged daddy.

Idiocy two: why is she standing by his side? “I wouldn’t”, or alternatively, “he should go up in public by himself”

What do these harpies think ‘marriage’ is? A one way street where the females are there for all the good times and the billionaire lifestyle, but come a bit of hassle the wife should be allowed to go off and hide?

Thank the good lord that Silda [Spitzer] has higher ethical standards than these media blowhards.

Idiocy three: ‘prostitution’ should be/is ‘illegal’

What is this? Iran? Saudi Arabia?

As if adults cannot make their own decisions and enter into the contracts that suit them.

Any woman with more than half-a-brain knows that any man with more drive than a sheep is liable to such behaviour. So, if they want a real man, they take the problems as part of the package.

Hillary and Silda clearly have far more sense, courage and ethics than the leftist media harpies of both indeterminate sexes.

Idiocy four: “this is a great tragedy” for his kids, wife, family etc

It is not “a great tragedy”. It is just more of life’s rich pattern.

The family and kids will learn from the experiences.The family remains immensely wealthy. Doubtless, the children go to high-grade schools where sane discipline is habitual.

‘Tragedy’ is complete abuse of language.

the web address for the article above is
https://www.abelard.org/news/behaviour0801.php#spitzer_120308

robots in japan - the end of drudge work is coming

Rice-planting robot working in a rice paddy. Image: National Agricultural Research Center of the National Agriculture and Bio-oriented Research Organization “While robots are a long way from matching human emotional complexity, the country is perhaps the closest to a future — once the stuff of science fiction — where humans and intelligent robots routinely live side by side and interact socially.

“Robots are already taken for granted in Japanese factories, so much so that they are sometimes welcomed on their first day at work with Shinto religious ceremonies. Robots make sushi. Robots plant rice and tend paddies.”
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“ For Japan, the robotics revolution is an imperative. With more than a fifth of the population 65 or older, the country is banking on robots to replenish the workforce and care for the elderly.

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