Scene: Last name Hitler

[Dante]

Scene: You are a decendent of the infamous Adolf Hitler. You believe that he was a cruel man, just as everyone else and share none of his beliefs. People pressure you to change your last name because it still symbolizes hate, your family members tell you to keep it because regardless of how bad he was it is still your family name and it has history in it.

Do you change your last name? and give your reason

[MoveAlong]

yes

[Dante]

maybe I should have added "give your reason"

[MoveAlong]

For me, any violinist with the name 'Zachary Hitler' seems kinda weird. Violinists should have a weird foreign name, like Vlahovic, Pine, or Heifetz.

Besides, it's my name, and I have a right to what it is. Plus, I'm not planning to have kids, and I don't think it'll be very comfortable shaking hands with someone and telling them your last name is Hitler :P

Altho, if I did keep it, it would be for kicks. :P

[mynameisjane]

i would change it because people would think bad about me and i'd get annoyed being asked if i was related to him, which i'd have to lie about every time. and i wouldnt care much for the rest of my family history if im related to hitler. maybe its because i dont care much about my family history right now.

[Maverick]

I wouldn't change it. It happened long enough ago and I wouldn't like to hide who I am.

Anthony Hitler. Hmmmm

[Elscire]

if i did have the name Hitler
i'd keep it because i'm not like my father who does genocides
plus that was back in WWII 1940's

[redcar]

I would be pretty certain no one would keep the name. The amount of abuse you would get with it. Look at the world we live in, people get harassed over skin colour, sex, nationality. All stuff that makes someone no less of a person.

However being named after one of the most evil men and you think your life wouldnt be made a little bit crap? You might as well call yourself Lucifer Child Eater Hitler McDevil.

[mynameisjane]

You might as well call yourself Lucifer Child Eater Hitler McDevil.

rofl!:lol:

[0=]

It seems pretty unlikely that I'd have that name considering I'm Polish :p

I wouldn't change it. If someone bothered me about it a good flipping off would fix it :)

[Ethannnnnn]

i pobably wouldnt i id just feel weird changing my name i wouldnt like hiding my original name anyway

[Hyper]

I wouldn't change it. It happened long enough ago and I wouldn't like to hide who I am.

Anthony Hitler. Hmmmm

Same

And Fred Hitler would be strange ;P

[Break the Cage]

Id keep it, shock factor would be funny

[jc002584]

i would change it becasue it symbolizes hate towards jews and others. and theee actually are 3 brothers who live in ny who were hitlers descendants and changed their last name i saw it on tv.

[Underground_Network]

I would change it, not because I'm jewish (well, my parents are, I consider myself agnostic), but because I wouldn't want to face prejudice every day of my life. My life would be a living hell. I'd rather change my name to Dahmer, Fish, Chikatilo, Gein, or Manson. (btw, first person to figure out what these names have in common wins rep. ROFL...)

[Whisper]

I would change my name because I wouldnt want it period
for myself alone i wouldnt want to be attached to him

so ya
i'd change it

[Sage]

Not only would I keep it, but I'd tie a swatiska armband around my left sleeve and learn german. Bitches.

[serial-thrilla]

i would keep it the same. changing your name because of what some people might think of you would be cowardly.

[kolte]

Such idealists...I wouldn't change it. Or perhaps I would, but not because of the drama of having the name, or the judgment's thrown at me or anything of that matter. No, society is society, and is hardly worth saving, though I try every day of my life. but i suppose my virtue is realizably envious, I don't wish to save mankind, only myself. I do not think, “how can i help society”, I work with people, fat, lazy, horrid, open sores, demanding, stingy, greedy, rude, snide and homely people, and they could just as well as die for all the care they will receive from me.


but, no, they would judge, yes, but what is there opinion. They care about money sex and pleasure, at the expense of somebody else's labor.


Keep the name I say, its a symbol, and legacy, however dreary and cruel. Here we see just one sneak peak of a nationalist, right wing fascist, capitalist idealistic fool. Theres more to see then him though.


see also:


Stalin
Mao Ze Dong
George Bush
Ronald Reagen

[Sage]

How cynical.

[kolte]

dreary its true. bleak, uninviting...this is the future our ancesters have left us.

[Bobby]

Being Jewish, I would change my name. Then I would get a good Jewish name like Horowitz.

[Camazotz]

I keep my name. If I hate Hitler with such a passion, (and I do) I tell everyone hes the most disgraceful human of mankind. They (the people)can believe anything they want, but I still hate Hitler for everything hes ever done.

[Ventrue]

I would keep it.Hitler may have been responsible for many deaths yet one cannot forget that the man was a genius. He turned the poorest country (at the time) (Germany) into an unstoppable force. Like Napolean before him,his first real mistake was his undoing.
I would keep his name so I could enlighten passerby's and rip away their biased opinions.

[slut bunwullah]

It seems pretty unlikely that I'd have that name considering I'm Polish :p

Ditto!

Same

And Fred Hitler would be strange ;P

What about Eddie Hitler, from the British Comedy Bottom?



Stalin
Mao Ze Dong
George Bush
Ronald Reagen

I would love to be Iain Romanov:P But I would keep the name Hitler for a laugh.

[Cap'nCrunch]

I'd absolutely change my last name. It's not like you can send a message to everyone in the world saying "I'm not a neo-nazi, please don't hate me." I think compromising whatever moral principles is worth avoiding all those pain in the ass people.