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Friday, October 19, 2001
The Boerne Star
Osama should have been "Bubba" instead
I don’t know about you, but just
exactly what is the World Court any-
way? It appears to be some type of
judicial preceding over in Europe
somewhere that is charged with the
responsibility of bringing interna-
tional crooks to justice. Is this cor-
rect?
Seems to me that they spend more
time in the news and posturing
about what they are going to do than
they are actually doing something.
Most of the trials I’ve heard them
preside over seem to have one thing
in common, the defendants all say
that the court has no jurisdiction
over them and that the trial is a
sham.
I can’t remember when they actu-
ally convicted someone, can you?
Where is the World Prison anyway?
If you want my opinion, we could
just abolish this make believe
“Judge Judy” courtroom and put
these guys to doing some real work.
If I had my way, I’d realign these
resources for something like the
International Birth Name Review
Council. Now, this august body
could be in charge of making certain
all persons born in the world had
names that weren’t of a threatening
nature. For example, I’d prohibit
names that sounded evil or unfriend-
ly. I’ve mentioned this before, but
just who would have followed
Adolph if his name had been
“Skippy Hitler?” See what I mean,
the evil tone just goes away, doesn’t
it? Same goes for Stalin if someone
had reviewed his application for
Joseph and had said...’’Nope, we
LETTERS FROM NORTH AMERICA
Peary Perry
think he should be called Joe Bob.”
Look around you and try to
remember....when’s the last time
you heard of anyone called ...Larry
or Phil? Been a long time hasn’t it?
See, this former World Court could
be put to much better use, if they’d
just start limiting the names given to
little babies and maybe rationing
names out so the world wouldn’t
have so many Jeffreys and Toms.
How does Ronnie Castro grab you?
Fidel sounds so militant doesn’t it?
Ronnie is a lot smoother. Ronnie
Castro, the streetcar conductor or
maybe an appliance repairman. You
know we could carry this over to the
organized crime area. I’ve always
thought that was really a dumb con-
cept...organized crime....what is
this? Do they have board meetings?
Probably, but then let’s move on.
Instead of criminal names and nick-
names like... “Mack the knife” we
could have “Mack the Twinkie”. Or
“Pretty Boy Sam” ...or Joe “The
Squid” instead of Joe Bananas...
.kind of jazz the whole thing up a bit
and take some of the aggression out
of a lot of situations. If nicknames
were controlled, then we’d have a
lot more peace and tranquility in the
world and a whole lot less hostility.
No one could use angry sounding
names; everything had to be judged
for harmony. Look at poor old Al
Capone.... ne ver had a chance, mis-
treated from the word go. It’s
rumored that he tripped while carry-
ing a warm glass of milk to his
elderly grandmother and the broken
glass cut his face pretty badly.
I’m certain he was taunted by all of
the other kids and was pushed into a
lifelong career of criminal behavior
just from carrying the scars (oops)
given by insensitive children at his
day care center. If he had been given
the name of say, Fred or Ralph to
start out with, well who knows what
he could have achieved besides a
life of crime.
Same goes for old Osama...what
kind of a name is that anyway? If his
parents had been forced to get name
approval on him when he was born
and was encouraged to name him
...’’Bubba,” look how much better
off the world would be today. Name
like that...Bubba bin Ladin, could
be a talk show host or something.
Might have been enough to set him
on the path of positive thinking
instead of becoming the mean
human he is today.
Yep, I think we’re on to something
here. Let the World Court just fade
away, and let criminals be tried in
the countries that were homes of the
victims. Then the Name Council
would have truly done something
good for the benefit of all mankind.
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Keasling, Edna & Mahoney, Kent. The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 96, No. 84, Ed. 1 Friday, October 19, 2001, newspaper, October 19, 2001; Boerne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1632667/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Patrick Heath Public Library.