Parents ordered to change girl's Talula Does the Hula name

By New Zealand correspondent Kerri Ritchie

A New Zealand judge has ordered that the parents of an eight-year-old girl change her name, saying it is highly embarrassing and makes the child a target for ridicule.

The girl, who lives in New Plymouth on the west coast of the north island, is named "Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii".

The Family court was told that the child is so mortified she has not told any of her friends her real name.

Judge Robert Murfitt ruled that the name was a social disability.

The girl's parents have separated and she has been placed under the court's guardianship while a new name is selected.

Judge Murfitt says he is appalled by the judgement of some parents.

He says in New Zealand there are children called Midnight Chardonnay, Number 16 Bus Shelter and Violence.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/24/2313126.htm?section=justin

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Pet goth girl on leash thrown off bus

A bus company has apologised to a girl who is led around on a leash by her boyfriend and describes herself as a human pet after one of its drivers threw her off a bus.

Tasha Maltby, 19, told British newspapers she was the "pet" of her 25-year-old fiancé Dani Graves.

Pictures showed her dressed in black Gothic-style clothing with silver buckles on a silver chain -- which the driver of a bus from the firm Arriva took exception to.

She told the Daily Mail she was thrown off and told: "We don't let freaks and dogs like you on."

http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/pet-goth-girl-on-leash-thrown-off-bus/2008/01/24/1201025055401.html   31-01-2008

Germaine Greer would scream in anguish at such submissive behaviour. This is the type of enslavement generations have fought against and this girl willingly submits herself to enslavement. Sad, sad sad…