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Help[Opinions] Re: yes but it's horribly cutesy(m)
in reply to a message by Cleveland Kent Evans
I am blue-collar/working class, thanks, and the thought of a Judge My Little Darling Jones or Dr. Cookie-Puss Goldfinger is still laughable.
No, of course the name itself has nothing to do with their highly specialized jobs.
It has everything to do with
1. Without even taking race or socioeconomic factors into account, and without stopping to analyze your own prejudices (we *all* have prejudices) would you expect somebody those parents thought that kind of name was cute to grow up to be a judge? The apple very often doesn't fall too far from the tree, after all.
2. The Scooter Libby Principle: what would you think of a grown, professionl and presumably intelligent adult who still goes by such a name? Nickname or formal name, it's the same thing.
No, of course the name itself has nothing to do with their highly specialized jobs.
It has everything to do with
1. Without even taking race or socioeconomic factors into account, and without stopping to analyze your own prejudices (we *all* have prejudices) would you expect somebody those parents thought that kind of name was cute to grow up to be a judge? The apple very often doesn't fall too far from the tree, after all.
2. The Scooter Libby Principle: what would you think of a grown, professionl and presumably intelligent adult who still goes by such a name? Nickname or formal name, it's the same thing.
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