Brazil May Ban Human Names for Pets

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

My dog Bob would be pissed.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=11&u=/ap/20041101/ap_on_fe_st/pets_names

Brazil May Nix Human Names for Pets

Mon Nov 1,12:19 PM ET Top Stories - AP

BRASILIA, Brazil - A Brazilian legislator wants to make it illegal to give pets names that are common among people.

Federal congressman Reinaldo Santos e Silva proposed the law after psychologists suggested that some children may get depressed when they learn they share their first name with someone's pet, Damarias Alves, a spokeswoman for Silva, said last week.

"Names have importance," said Alves. The congressman "wants to challenge people's assumptions that it's acceptable to give animals human names," she said.

[Maiden England]

1. Brazil can kiss my a$$

Toby and Sadie

[prole_for_peace]

2. Puh-leeze.

"some children may get depressed when they learn they share their first name with someone's pet"

what an idiotic thing to say. i had a cousin that had the same name as one of my kitties and she was cool with it. but her mom on the other hand....

[Jackpine Radical]

4. I knew a woman whose dog & boyfriend

were both named "Chris." (Although the guy spelled it Kris.) She claimed that the dog predated the boyfriend in her life.

[LynneSin]

3. Abbott & Evita are not amused!!!

They say Argentina is much nicer anyways!