Man Tries To Legally Change His Name To Swear Word
Posted June 30, 2008 12:00 pm.
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What’s in a name? Don’t ask that question in a court in Los Alamos, New Mexico. You’re liable to get an earful. It’s all because of a man with the legal moniker “Variable”, a guy who obviously is out to make a point about names. He’s filed suit to alter his current nomenclature to the disturbing epithet laden “F*** Censorship.”
It won’t surprise you to hear that a state district court judge refused to allow it, even while acknowledging that Variable (no Mr. or given name – just Variable) can personally call himself whatever he wants, but the court has a right to rule such a request legally “obscene, offensive and [that it] would not comport with common decency.”
Not satisfied with that answer, the man with the odd request took his campaign to an appeals court, arguing the government has no right to censor him. But the three judge panel agreed with their colleague and for now, Variable remains, well unvariable.
It’s not the first time this eccentric crusader – or in this case, ‘curse’-sader – has altered his I.D. He was once legally known as “Snaphappy Fishsuit Mokiligon,” and managed to get permission to change that absurdity to its slight less daffy current status.
It’s a good thing this latest case didn’t require him to take an oath. After all, his request already gives a whole new meaning to being “sworn in” in court.
