I have heard some names
for dogs that I thought should be made illegal. There was a person
who gave his dog the name of Dog. That lack of creativity and effort
should be at the very least a misdemeanor. I knew a man who had a
rather terrible divorce and named his dog after his former
mother-in-law. When I asked him why, he said because his dog was a
real bi#%h, just like his former mother-in-law. That should be
worthy of a fine and probation. A guy in college named his dog Happy
Henry Hump-a-lot. I believe that should be a felony and come with
jail time. What I've written about punishment is fictional. It has
nothing to do with real laws. In China, things are a bit different.
A man was arrested by police for giving his dogs names that were
illegal. There are a lot of things to make illegal, I think making
laws to cover the naming of pets is a bit extreme. I do think there
could be an exception made for someone naming their dog Happy Henry
Hump-a-lot.
Below are excerpts from
the story with my valuable insights in italics.
A dog breeder
in eastern China was detained by police on
Monday after giving his two dogs "illegal" names that
refer to government and civil service workers.
I guess government and
civil service workers in China don't have much of a sense of humor.
I wonder if he gave his dogs names like government office zombie or
bumbling bureaucratic bulldog. I suppose the Chinese government
would not appreciate naming a dog the kick-back Keeshond or corrupt
Kuvasz. With my sense of humor, China would have me in jail before
you could say, Pekingese
political pundit.
The dog's names ended up
attracting controversy because "Chengguan" are officials
employed in urban areas to tackle low-level crime, while "Xieguan"
are informal community workers such as traffic assistants, according
to the BBC.
Zhangzhou Police said
on Chinese social media site Weibo the information was
"insulting law enforcement personnel," and prompted an
investigation to be launched.
I guess the law
enforcement personnel in China are a little sensitive. I don't think
anyone would be offended here if we called our dogs magistrate or
traffic cop. Here, it may be considered a sign of respect. It is so
crazy in the United States, someone could name their dog after a
police officer and then invite the police officer to the dog's
birthday party. It could be complete with balloons, games and more.
Authorities added that "in
accordance with the relevant provisions of the Law of the People's
Republic of China on Public Security Administration Punishment,"
the man must spend 10 days in an administrative detention center.
A police officer told the
newspaper Beijing News that Ban had been increasingly provocative on
his WeChat account and his actions had "caused great harm to
the nation and the city's urban management, in terms of their
feelings," according to the BBC.
I can only imagine
spending 10 days in jail because the government didn't like what you
named your dog. It could be a problem if you named your dog nuclear
launch code and had the launch code number in their collar, but other
than that, I don't think it should be a problem. What kind of
country has great harm because of what some guy names his dogs?
Maybe the Chinese government should take into consideration the harm
to the feelings of this man who is only guilty of giving his dogs the
wrong names. Maybe we should consider how this makes the dogs feel.
I'm certain the man is not brimming with joy and mirth over it. They
are just dogs minding their own business being dogs, doing dog stuff
and their owner is put in jail because of what he named them. These
dogs are probably going to have to be in doggy therapy for a long
time after this is over.
Ban, who local media
outlets reported as being remorseful over his actions said he had
just given the dogs the names "for fun."
"I don't know the
law, I don't know if it is illegal," he told Fuyang News.
Interesting how it was
reported by Fuyang News. I bet we have some news outlets in the
United States providing some Fuyang News, and it is not a good thing.
I don't understand why he couldn't get off with a warning.
“Sir, did you name
your dogs after traffic assistants and magistrates?”
“Well, I guess I did,
See, where I live we have this traffic cop who looks just like a
bulldog, I thought the name fit and I named my bulldog after him.”
“Why did you name
your other dog magistrate?”
“Oh, well, that dog,
yeah, see, it just doesn't poop as he should. He's always full of
crap, so I thought magistrate would be a good name for him.”
“You have done
serious harm to our country and our government in terms of their
feelings. I sentence you to 10 days in jail.”
“Why? You guys have
all the money. Why don't you just get them therapy if they're so
upset? Maybe join a feeling hurt by having a dog named after you
support group. If they're so fragile, they get upset over having a
dog named after them, they need help. I hope you never find out what
I named my cat and goldfish.”
“What?”
“Never mind, I'm
tired of dealing with a bunch of fuyang governmental bureaucrats.”
Below is a link to the
story.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-dogs-man-detained-illegal-names
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