http://news.travel.aol.com/2010/04/30/are-these-kids-terrorists/?ncid=webmaildl4
I wonder if there is a list we can read, so our child won’t have the same moniker as a known/ suspected terrorist. All of the kiddos names seem fairly ordinary, how do you know what not to name?
It’s not anyone here who needs to worry about what to name their baby. It’s Homeland Security that needs to get its act together.
The guy who planted the car bomb in Times Square last [name]Saturday[/name] was already on the Watch List, and he STILL got aboard a plane anyhow. I think it was the FBI that got the plane to turn back at the last minute, while it was on the runway, about to take off.
– [name]Nephele[/name]
I knew a kid who got stopped because of his name. He almost missed his flight because of it. I guess there are some disadvantages to any name; this would definitely be one of the more random ones. It’s an interesting idea. – [name]Christy[/name] ([name]Margaret[/name])
Actually, that is so true. You can never please everyone and every name has a disadvantage to it somehow…
This is a reason that I caution the use of a very common first name with a very common last name; although these kinds of incidents can happen with almost any name it’s more likely when the full name is very common. (This is also an instance when I go against the majority opinion here of being less likely to use common names for a girl; I would especially caution the use of common first and last names together for a boy, since it appears that men are more likely to be suspects in these kinds of cases than women.)
I’m not sure you can guard against eventualities like this - it seems really bizarre that children are stopped because of their names, but in this day and age, airport officials will stop anyone.
That’s crazy! I have a friend whose name is apparently very common in [name]Israel[/name], though her family has been living in [name]California[/name] for the past 150 years. A suspected Israeli terrorist shares her name and she literally had to stop flying for a couple years because it was so difficult. It took her almost 6 years but she can now fly without more than the usual trouble. As disgusting as it is that a person’s appearance matters, it did make slightly more sense that she had trouble with security as she is a fairly dark-skinned and dark-haired 30-year-old–but a baby? I get that airport security is a big thing, but do they really think an 11-month-old is the one who got that name put on the list? That’s plain stupid.
That’s crazy! And the TSA can’t tell the difference between a regular kid and some adult that may be a terrorist?
And on a side note, I feel a little sorry for poor little [name]Sam[/name] [name]Adams[/name]. [name]How[/name] did his parents think that was a good idea?
The irony of it all is that [name]Samuel[/name] [name]Adams[/name] was one of the great Founding Fathers of our nation (U.S. of A.)
One would think that our Transportation Security Administration might be a little more conscious of that name and learn to distinguish the difference between a little boy bearing that great name, and an adult on their watch list.
– [name]Nephele[/name]