Supermarket defends itself over Adolf Hitler cake

[Roxie]

here (http://www.ajc.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/Feature_Stories/ODD_Hitler_Cake.html)

EASTON, Pa. — A supermarket is defending itself for refusing to a write out 3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell's name on his birthday cake. Deborah Campbell, 25, of nearby Hunterdon County, N.J., said she phoned in her order last week to the Greenwich ShopRite. When she told the bakery department she wanted her son's name spelled out, she was told to talk to a supervisor, who denied the request.

Karen Meleta, a ShopRite spokeswoman, said the store denied similar requests from the Campbells the last two years, including a request for a swastika.

"We reserve the right not to print anything on the cake that we deem to be inappropriate," Meleta said. "We considered this inappropriate."

The Campbells ultimately got their cake decorated at a Wal-Mart in Pennsylvania, Deborah Campbell said Tuesday.

A Wal-Mart spokesman told The Associated Press on Wednesday that in light of the incident, the company would review its guidelines regarding cake decorations and other requests.

"It's clear that in serving this customer, some people were offended," spokesman Greg Rossiter said. "As a result, we're going to review our policies."

Heath Campbell said he named his son after Adolf Hitler because he liked the name and because "no one else in the world would have that name."

The Campbells' two other children are named JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell, who turns 2 in a few months, and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell, who will be 1 in April.

Campbell said he was raised not to avoid people of other races but not to mix with them socially or romantically. But he said he would try to raise his children differently.

"Say he grows up and hangs out with black people. That's fine, I don't really care," he said. "That's his choice."

He said about 12 people attended the birthday party Sunday, including several children of mixed race.

Yeah. You name your kids Adolf Hitler and Aryan Nation b/c you're all about the interracial friendships!

ShopRite offered to sell them the cake with a blank space so the parents could write the boy's name themselves. They refused and made a fuss to the media. And now the story is all over the news. They got exactly what they wanted.

Americans do not have a constitutional right to cake. The parents had the freedom to name their kids what they wanted, but they have no right to force other individuals, or private companies, to give them a platform for their speech. The kid wasn't REFUSED a cake. The parents could have easily gotten him a cake decorated in any number of ways, but their kid's happiness was not exactly their first priority in this instance (or in life, as evidenced by his name).

[h2orowe]

I really hate that logic. "Things were like this back then but for my kids it's like this now." Why isn't it like that for you now? I mean, let's say you found out that the Earth revolves around the Sun instead of the opposite, it might take a bit to get used to that, but wouldn't you rather have a better view of the world instead of an old, incorrect view?

[Digital Masta]

I have no problems with what the store did and neither does any other person with half a brain. Everyone knows the parents are idiots and did this solely for attention.

Plus how many people do you know actually have their full name on their birthday cake? Typically they have just your name or your nickname because frankly there isn't enough space for that.

[Charrington]

I have no problems with what the store did and neither does any other person with half a brain. Everyone knows the parents are idiots and did this solely for attention.

Plus how many people do you know actually have their full name on their birthday cake? Typically they have just your name or your nickname because frankly their isn't enough space for that.

I'm curious if the store would have done it if they had just asked for Adolf. The only real issue here IMO is that a non-issue like this is what our national media chooses to cover.

[SlickWilly440]

Greenwich ShopRite totally sucks, I can't believe they wouldn't print that child's name on the cake, he must have been so devastated.

There's nothing wrong with a name such as Adolf Hilter, it's a nice name for a young boy.

FIXED For the last-time.

[Comazon]

Wal-mart totally sucks, I can't believe they wouldn't print that child's name on the cake, she must have been so devastated.

There's nothing wrong with a name such as Adolf Hilter, it's a very pretty name for a little girl.
It would help if you read the article before trying to troll.

[Minibeefcake]

Wow... just wow...

Imagine what their school lives will be with names like that when they are old enough to go.

[Urameshi YuSooKey]

Wal-mart totally sucks, I can't believe they wouldn't print that child's name on the cake, he must have been so devastated.

There's nothing wrong with a name such as Adolf Hilter, it's a nice name for a young boy.

FIXED
No. Not fixed. Try reading the whole article this time, buddy. :duh:

[Jetsetlemming]

I was about to be completely ashamed there's someone naming their kid "Adolf Hitler" in my state, and then it said they're from New Jersey.

HA!

Is that the kid's real, given name? As in, the hospital he was born in accepted that shit on his birth certificate? Aren't hospitals supposed to deny offensive names parents try to abuse their children with?
Though, again, these fuckwits ARE from New Jersey.


Also fuck the author of that article for the article title that makes it seem like the supermarket made the Adolf Hitler cake and then defended itself for making it. They're sticking to their guns of refusing to put up with that bullshit, and good for them.

[kwad8]

It is obvious they are doing this to get attention. If this type of thing has happened years ago and we are just now hearing about it then they are just trying to get media attention and because the American media sucks as a whole they will give them the attention.

Digital masta is right who the heck puts their WHOLE name on a freakin cake. I don't think I have even seen a cake with the first and last name on it. Secondly if they just wanted Adolph on the cake i Don't think that would have been that big of a deal. It is/was a common german name. I think the issue is the fact they wanted "adolph hitler" on the cake.

EDIT: Hey Roxie I just noticed you were are in Atlanta and just wanted to give you a shout out!!

[whispering]

We actually have a law that prevent parents giving whatever name they want to their child, not sure if its that bad of a law.

[Digital Masta]

We actually have a law that prevent parents giving whatever name they want to their child, not sure if its that bad of a law.


Well for instance I believe you cannot name your child a number either.

[kwad8]

I remember Australia had an issue with something like that a few years ago when a guy tried to name his child some odd composing of both letters and numbers. I believe they went to court on it too.

[Samurai_Pooh]

adolf cake is a lie

[Charrington]

Well for instance I believe you cannot name your child a number either.

I defy you to come up with a better name than Seven.
http://agoldenworld.files.wordpress.com/2006/10/george-costanza.jpg

[japanat]

Seven-of-nine. Slurp!

Actually, there was a case here a few years ago where someone wanted to call their kid Akuma (demon/devil). The government refused, it went to court, the family lost.

As far as I know, there is no law in Colorado limiting name choices, not even offensive ones. If you wanted to call your kid "Shit-Headed Mother-Fucking Panty Stain", you could. I'm sure people'd try to dissuade you, and your kid would definitely hate you for it, but I don't think there is any legislation against it. Nor would I want there to be. Who gets to choose what's offensive or not?

[h2orowe]

OP9er Neko had a friend (at least I think it was Neko who had the friend) who named their child Tropicana Fruit Juice.

[Plekto]

Heath Campbell said he named his son after Adolf Hitler because he liked the name and because "no one else in the world would have that name."
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I wonder the hell why not... (shakes head)

Just when you thought the U.S. was making a comeback after Bush, you're reminded of exactly why Bush got elected in the first place. Bush may be gone soon, but idiots like this are everywhere so it seems.

[MNJetter]

I believed Mr. Campbell's reasoning until I heard his daughter's name. I mean, if you're just going for uniqueness, it's better not to stick with a common theme.

[Vincent]

Poor redneck boy is gonna get beat on by jew boys in school :(

[japanat]

Poor redneck boy is gonna get beat on by jew boys in school :(Maybe that's redneck daddy's plan. If he tried to raise his kid as a bigot, he'd probably become a nice kid, just to spite him. But give him a shitty name where everyone'll be picking on him, and he'll become a hater as a matter of course.

[Stephy]

Just an update on this:

Children being taken from this family, by family services. O.o (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/01/13/2009-01-13_report_child_named_adolf_hitler_removed_.html)

[Kyletherealninja]

I saw this. Utterly ridiculous. It's stupid to give your kid a name like that, but it's far worse for the government to take the kid away over something so inane. It's just one step closer to a government that can do whatever they want in the name of preventing "child abuse."

[Jetsetlemming]

Naming your child Adolf Hitler is child abuse. There's no way you could possibly defend giving your kid that name. They willingly, intentionally gave him a name that will practically ruin his life. Shame on whatever hospital staff and government officials that saw that name on a birth cert application and didn't respond immediately on the child's behalf. It should not take three years for the government to respond to a parent naming their children "Adolf Hitler" and "Aryan Nation".

[MNJetter]

I saw another news story covering the bit about their children being taken away, and the department of child services made a clear statement that the kids' names had nothing to do with it. Also, a neighbor said that police and child services had been to the house several times in the past.

According to the authorities, it wasn't abuse or negligence. Nor, according to them, was it the questionable naming practices that have earned the family so much publicity. What then, could it be? Domestic violence? The news story didn't mention anything about it, but it's the only thing I can think of that would put the children in immediate danger, but wouldn't count as abuse or negligence.

[Tenlaius]

all i really have to say is this..
naming one's kids after things particularly offensive to alot of poeple, in particular..Adolf Hitler, is a rather stupid thing.
like jetsetlemming said, that is going to destroy the kid's life, once he learns about the original Hitler, what he did, then also if he runs into others who are close to relatives whom survived WWII

but, taking the kids for no named reason? Atleast give one. If the father honestly denies the Holocaust, and has swazicas along the house's interioir, that isn't a competent reason.
Outside that..i can't think of anything

[Dresh]

The only things that have been said about the reason so far are neighbor testimonies saying the kids were confined to certain areas of the house, and generally preferred not being at home. More details will probably surface once the case has been dealt with.

[Jetsetlemming]

but, taking the kids for no named reason? Atleast give one. If the father honestly denies the Holocaust, and has swazicas along the house's interioir, that isn't a competent reason.
Outside that..i can't think of anything
They can't. They can't legally disclose the details regarding a child abuse/child protection case.