And they didn't before, you may ask.
Well actually, they didn't.
Swedish tax authorities banned parents from naming the fruit of the loins after fast food chains, rock bands or their favorite brand of beer.
Apparently these things had bad connotations are were not suitable for names.
Tax authority spokesman Lars Tegenfeldt explains “there is nothing negative about a name like Coca-Cola or McDonald's today. In the 1970s, maybe it was.”
Oh the flawless logic.
The bans have been lifted and I'm sure that the Swedes are reproducing at alarming rates just to get the chance to name their spawn things like "Natty Light," "Whopper," and "Phish."
I wonder if anyone got away with "Sam Adams"...
BUT for a disappointed few, God, Allah or Devil are still unavailable... maybe next year.
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"Tax authority spokesman Lars Tegenfeldt explains 'there is nothing negative about a name like Coca-Cola or McDonald's today. In the 1970s, maybe it was.'"
Nothing negative... except for a kid named any of these things will be socially ostracized for the rest of her/his life.
That to me constitutes enough of a (potential) social problem that the state is indeed legitimized in intervening and limiting the freedom of its citizens (in this area).
Same principle behind Scientology being now officially illegal in a few EU countries.
Saw that. I think it's actually a good idea to have some standard like that. Prevents kids from getting named things like Diva Muffin, Moon Unit, Audio Science, Pilot Inspektor, Moxie Crimefighter, and Little Pixie. Those are all names that celebrities in the US have named their kids. Yikes.
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