"Am I racist for being 'alarmed' at this?"

[conuly]

Seriously, be racist. See if I care. Nobody cares. But stop whining and acting like you're not! Just go whole hog and be a fucking racist and fess up to it like you're not ashamed to be a throwback in this day and age.

Or, since you *are* ashamed (and really should be) try not being a racist. Or just think once in a while, all right? And by think, I mean something deeper than "Oh, there's baby boys named Mohamed in England! It's so scaaaaaaary, those babies might cry on a plane, and it'd all be a plot. Ooooooooh!"

Comments

[steorra]

Mostly tangential: This reminds me that I was thinking the other day that if I ever have a son, part of me is tempted to name him Ahmed, after Saint Ahmed the Calligrapher. I'd be interested to see the reactions.

But I probably wouldn't actually do it, because naming a kid because you want to see people's reactions is probably a bad idea. (Now, if I decided I just really really loved St Ahmed, it would be a different story.)

[conuly]

So long as he has a middle name. Unfortunately, some names make it very hard to get jobs, but it's hard to prove that on an individual basis.