[rjsclassics]

This story begs the question, is naming your children Hitler, Stalin, Bundy or Obama really child abuse?

[txrefugee]

Yes. And mandatory spaying and neutering would be a cure for this foolishness.

[runninglips]

Hitler as a name is reason for removal of children from families, but Osama or Muhammed is not?

[FlingWingFlyer]

I don’t know if it’s child abuse but anyone who names a child Adolf Hitler should have their @$$ kicked. That child will have to live with that the rest of their life or change their name once they are old enough to do so. It’s just not a good idea and will cause the child to be on the receiving end of a lot of unnecessary BS throughout their lifetime. Name him Bill or George... or Sue but knock off the Hitler BS.

[Cicero]

These people were truly stupid to give those names to their kids. But that doesn’t excuse the state kidnapping them from their parents.

Where’s Chris Christie? Doesn’t he care?

[jmcenanly]

It would tend to give a poor first impression to anyone the child will run into in the future. For example, in about 2005, I took an order for a woman ordering a Christmas stocking for her grandson, Anakin. Aside from the obvious nickname 'Annie', there is the problem of association with the fictional character bearing that name. I often wonder how the child is doing.

[Java4Jay]

Based on what I have read on this case, I agree with New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services' actions.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Yet, we allow the name "Muhammad," who is responsible for far more atrocities than that German/Jew with the deformed mustache.

[Valpal1]

The older siblings have been in custody for THREE years. It’s time for the state to fish or cut bait. Either the parents are unfit or they are not.

Either way, the children have a right to a true home and a true family. Sever the parental rights and put them up for adoption or return them to their bio parents.

But it’s ridiculous and abusive to the children to keep them in foster care forever trying to leverage the whacked out parents into compliance.

[dfwgator]

Joe Stalin probably would have been ok.

[Just Slightly To The Right]

This issue draws the proverbial line in the sand. You either stand with personal rule, or you stand with state rule. Are children yours, or are they all children of the state?
I may not agree with what they say, or even how they say it, but I will defend their RIGHT to say it.
Could this harm the children? I suppose, but so could putting them in a car. Formaldahyde in your walls and furniture could also harm the children as well as putting them in public schools. Where is the line drawn?
For me the answer is simple. Personal rights are an absolute, the state works for us not the other way around.