Found at work...

[aislincalum.livejournal.com]

Today's O_o name:

Swastika.

Stopped me dead in my tracks.

Comments

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

Please tell me that there is a language in which this name is not offensive. At that this person speaks said language?

There's just no good explanation for that one.

[aislincalum.livejournal.com]

That is what I'm hoping, but there's no way for me to know based on the info I have.

[oni85.livejournal.com]

omg

[aislincalum.livejournal.com]

What I really feel badly about is that this ia grown person, probably 30+. The thought of spending my entire life with a name like that is just... I don't even know... horrific?

[aislincalum.livejournal.com]

*is a, rather. lol@typos

[redriotroses.livejournal.com]

OH my gosh.

I know a swastica was actually a sign for peace, but come on, the connotations from the mauled version of the swastica symbol REALLY makes this name a no-no.

That poor, poor person. (By the way, was it a guy or a lady?)

[aislincalum.livejournal.com]

A woman. Which makes me go, "awww."

[redriotroses.livejournal.com]

Yikes. I'm not sure if i think it's worse on a girl or a boy. That does make me go 'awww' too though, i'm not sure why.

[aislincalum.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure why. My reaction was something like, "Oh! Oh... Oh no..." *sad face*

[aislincalum.livejournal.com]

Judging JUST on the rest of her name, I do not believe that she was Indian of any sort. I could be entirely wrong but there's no way to know. Either way... :o(

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

OMG =O m or f?

[aislincalum.livejournal.com]

F. I'm not sure if it would be better on a guy?

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I would have had the same reaction.

[ugottafriend.livejournal.com]

I'm speechless.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

That's HORRIBLE.

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

oh noooo :[

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Isn't it against the law ??

[azelmaroark.livejournal.com]

Child abuse, much?

[http://users.livejournal.com/ksiezniczka_/]

That's like the lady who named her some Aryan.

[bandnerd88.livejournal.com]

I'm fairly sure it's an Indian name... I went to high school with an Indian girl named Swastika. She was quite a bit younger than me so I didn't know her well, but she was in the same grade as my boyfriend and he said that no one ever gave her a hard time about it that he'd seen. She did very well in school, too, apparently - the first time I saw her name was because she had won an award for something or other.

[serdyuchkafan.livejournal.com]

Wow. A little offtopic, but I went to school with a Hispanic boy named Hitler. (I wish I was making it up, but, nope.)

[searlait.livejournal.com]

Ouch :/