What are your unpopular opinions?
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Shakermaker said:
Yep, All 350,000 of them. And they have a Nordic naming system, without traditional family names/surnames as we know them over here.
The rich diversity that we are allowed in giving our children pretty much any name we choose is much better than having a list or having to get approval in advance. Yes, it does lead to some interesting names. But so what?
My kids Wetherspoon and Rothman agree with you.The rich diversity that we are allowed in giving our children pretty much any name we choose is much better than having a list or having to get approval in advance. Yes, it does lead to some interesting names. But so what?
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Doesn't that happen every month? If I didn't have to pay tax, I'd have more money to spend on my kids. But then again, I want my kids to grow up in a country with free healthcare and education and other stuff.
It was specifically related to inheritance tax. Would you rather your children benefit or the tax man?Shakermaker said:
Yep, All 350,000 of them. And they have a Nordic naming system, without traditional family names/surnames as we know them over here.
The rich diversity that we are allowed in giving our children pretty much any name we choose is much better than having a list or having to get approval in advance. Yes, it does lead to some interesting names. But so what?
Not just 'interesting' names. Embarrassing, even humiliating names. When a child is in tears saying 'I wish I had a proper name' just because their parents decided to prove how imaginative they were at the child's expense, that isn't acceptable.The rich diversity that we are allowed in giving our children pretty much any name we choose is much better than having a list or having to get approval in advance. Yes, it does lead to some interesting names. But so what?
Dr Jekyll said:
Not just 'interesting' names. Embarrassing, even humiliating names. When a child is in tears saying 'I wish I had a proper name' just because their parents decided to prove how imaginative they were at the child's expense, that isn't acceptable.
A child can hate anything irrationally. What if they really really hate being called Charlotte? Its a proper name, but a child could hate it and scream blue murder that they hated the name Charlotte. Should the parents change that? And also - many cultures have other naming conventions for their children which you might think is weird but is entirely normal to them. African names have all kinds of meanings to them which don't translate so directly into English but an African family living in the UK might choose their naming convention but in English.
Dr Jekyll said:
Truckosaurus said:
My unpopular opinion is that children should only be given names off an approved list of sensible names.
+1Truckosaurus said:
eg. My cousin has a child named Honey, which can only be a hindrance in life. It is a Stripper's name not an accountant's.
Raw work at the font indeed.Shakermaker said:
A child can hate anything irrationally. What if they really really hate being called Charlotte? Its a proper name, but a child could hate it and scream blue murder that they hated the name Charlotte. Should the parents change that?
If the child hates it yes, Clive James hated being called Vivian so became Clive. In any case it isn't names like Charlotte that are the problem. It's names like Tiger Lily and Saethryd that are simply a parental indulgence.
yonex said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Doesn't that happen every month? If I didn't have to pay tax, I'd have more money to spend on my kids. But then again, I want my kids to grow up in a country with free healthcare and education and other stuff.
It was specifically related to inheritance tax. Would you rather your children benefit or the tax man?Tax has to be collected from somewhere. I would like to leave my kids as much as possible, but there would be little point if the bank manager could just transfer all their money I'd left them into his own account and there was no police force to report it to or no courts to try him for fraud.
So your question "who would you rather have the money, the govt or your kids" is a ridiculous one.
Dr Jekyll said:
If the child hates it yes, Clive James hated being called Vivian so became Clive.
In any case it isn't names like Charlotte that are the problem. It's names like Tiger Lily and Saethryd that are simply a parental indulgence.
No problem with either of those names. I know what you're getting at but still.. In any case it isn't names like Charlotte that are the problem. It's names like Tiger Lily and Saethryd that are simply a parental indulgence.
Tiger Lily - people can call you Lily. The name is based on a classic literary character from 1904, its just more likely to exist now.
Saethyrd - Seth. Comes from the Bible.
My wife will tell you all the stupid names that she has seen in her time teaching in London - Chanellebelle, Wynter Holly, Crisitianoronaldo. Bad names. None of these children will be disadvantaged because of it
Naming convention is cyclical. If we all had the same name we would be running to try and make ourselves different some other way. Using our middle names .
And there are plenty of people who have successfully made a name for themselves where their unusual name has probably done them more favours than if they had just been called "Keith"
singlecoil said:
Antony Moxey said:
singlecoil said:
Antony Moxey said:
singlecoil said:
Antony Moxey said:
Calm down petal. I'm saying if I want to leave my house to my kids I should be able to and that they should be able to enjoy the full value of that - if I sold it I'd be able to so why shouldn't they if I leave it to them?
You are saying they should be able to enjoy the full value of it but not saying why they should be exempt from paying tax on money received like most of us have to do every payday.TwigtheWonderkid said:
Monthly income tax...would you rather your child benefitted or the taxman? It's the same scenario.
Tax has to be collected from somewhere. I would like to leave my kids as much as possible, but there would be little point if the bank manager could just transfer all their money I'd left them into his own account and there was no police force to report it to or no courts to try him for fraud.
So your question "who would you rather have the money, the govt or your kids" is a ridiculous one.
I don’t feel it is. I’m talking about inheritance tax, not monthly income tax.Tax has to be collected from somewhere. I would like to leave my kids as much as possible, but there would be little point if the bank manager could just transfer all their money I'd left them into his own account and there was no police force to report it to or no courts to try him for fraud.
So your question "who would you rather have the money, the govt or your kids" is a ridiculous one.
yonex said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Monthly income tax...would you rather your child benefitted or the taxman? It's the same scenario.
Tax has to be collected from somewhere. I would like to leave my kids as much as possible, but there would be little point if the bank manager could just transfer all their money I'd left them into his own account and there was no police force to report it to or no courts to try him for fraud.
So your question "who would you rather have the money, the govt or your kids" is a ridiculous one.
I don’t feel it is. I’m talking about inheritance tax, not monthly income tax.Tax has to be collected from somewhere. I would like to leave my kids as much as possible, but there would be little point if the bank manager could just transfer all their money I'd left them into his own account and there was no police force to report it to or no courts to try him for fraud.
So your question "who would you rather have the money, the govt or your kids" is a ridiculous one.
Why is IHT better off with your kids yet all other taxes are better off with the govt? You really aren't making a very coherent case.
anonymous said:
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I agree with the second bit (which is the same almost every time you see a politician take a principled stand) but not the first-An Exclusive Economic Zone is no different to any other border- gained and maintained by force and diplomacy.
We have large fish stocks off our coast, other nations don't. If they want to fish in/near our terretorial waters they must do so by agreement or not at all. Oil doesn't know it's near Norway, but that doesn't mean we can just take it.
We tried it on with Iceland once and lost after they threatened to leave NATO!
The EU is (quite rightly in many cases) a bogeyman in fishing circles, but even within the EU CPF framework, the UK didn't stand up for local fishing.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
yonex said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Monthly income tax...would you rather your child benefitted or the taxman? It's the same scenario.
Tax has to be collected from somewhere. I would like to leave my kids as much as possible, but there would be little point if the bank manager could just transfer all their money I'd left them into his own account and there was no police force to report it to or no courts to try him for fraud.
So your question "who would you rather have the money, the govt or your kids" is a ridiculous one.
I don’t feel it is. I’m talking about inheritance tax, not monthly income tax.Tax has to be collected from somewhere. I would like to leave my kids as much as possible, but there would be little point if the bank manager could just transfer all their money I'd left them into his own account and there was no police force to report it to or no courts to try him for fraud.
So your question "who would you rather have the money, the govt or your kids" is a ridiculous one.
Why is IHT better off with your kids yet all other taxes are better off with the govt? You really aren't making a very coherent case.
Antony Moxey said:
singlecoil said:
Antony Moxey said:
singlecoil said:
Antony Moxey said:
singlecoil said:
Antony Moxey said:
Calm down petal. I'm saying if I want to leave my house to my kids I should be able to and that they should be able to enjoy the full value of that - if I sold it I'd be able to so why shouldn't they if I leave it to them?
You are saying they should be able to enjoy the full value of it but not saying why they should be exempt from paying tax on money received like most of us have to do every payday.anonymous said:
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they had to bring in laws in new zealand because there was a significant number of weirdo parents calling their kids really ridiculous things like 4Real, Vagina and Travesty.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.c...
http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/05/02/new-zealand-up...
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