# Little Hitlers taken from home - Campbell family tragedy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 14, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-hitlers-taken-from-home-campbell-family-tragedy/481285 "2009-01-14T17:40:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-hitlers-taken-from-home-campbell-family-tragedy/481285/21 "2009-01-14T22:20:16Z")
> [@Daddypants](#): > > If the kids were removed because of their names, than just about every newborn of celebrity parents should be removed too. Apple and Moxie Crime Fighter, I’m looking at YOUR parents. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-hitlers-taken-from-home-campbell-family-tragedy/481285/22 "2009-01-14T22:28:44Z")
The story I read didn’t say that there were no reports of abuse, but the police refused to discuss why they were removed. My guess is that putting themselves in the limelight brought attention to something other than their horrible name choices, and they’re now reaping what they’ve sowed. Sort of like how in the early 90s the parents of one of my brother’s classmates called the police to report a robbery, and were then **shocked** to be arrested once the police noticed the basement full of pot plants they’d been growing. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-hitlers-taken-from-home-campbell-family-tragedy/481285/23 "2009-01-14T22:38:22Z")
> [@The\_Scrivener](#): > > :: raucous laughter, catcalls, footstomping :: > > On the bright side, there’s now a lot more _Lebensraum_ in their house. Is it OK if I experience some _schadenfreude_? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-hitlers-taken-from-home-campbell-family-tragedy/481285/24 "2009-01-14T23:12:13Z")
What with confidentiality, it would be pretty bad for anyone official associated with the case to make a specific statement until it becomes a matter of public record. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-hitlers-taken-from-home-campbell-family-tragedy/481285/25 "2009-01-14T23:27:04Z")
Before everyone goes off the deep end about the kids being taken away because of their names, that is not evidently the reason. From this story: [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/14/national/a064131S66.DTL&tsp=1](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/14/national/a064131S66.DTL&tsp=1) “A spokeswoman for the state Division of Youth and Family Services, Kate Bernyk, said she would not comment on any specific case, but she said the **state would not remove children from a home simply because of their names.** ” ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-hitlers-taken-from-home-campbell-family-tragedy/481285/26 "2009-01-14T23:33:40Z")
Exactly, the names were just the icing on the cake. Which is where the whole sorry mess started…for the public. For the kids it will have started a lot earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-hitlers-taken-from-home-campbell-family-tragedy/481285/27 "2009-01-14T23:35:55Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Is it OK if I experience some _schadenfreude_? Let’s not gloat at the expense of these nice volk. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-hitlers-taken-from-home-campbell-family-tragedy/481285/28 "2009-01-14T23:38:43Z")
_“ **Vot is diss, you sweinhunds!!!** ”_ ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-hitlers-taken-from-home-campbell-family-tragedy/481285/29 "2009-01-14T23:40:47Z")
There’s supposed to be a hearing tomorrow. Presumably, we’ll know more after that. One of the articles I read about this said that the wrong Campbell got a death threat intended for Heath, the kids’ father. I’m guessing the kids were removed to ensure their safety against an external threat. Robin ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-hitlers-taken-from-home-campbell-family-tragedy/481285/30 "2009-01-15T00:22:23Z")
> [@Valgard](#): > > [Client Challenge](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/14/national/a064131S66.DTL&tsp=1) > > “A spokeswoman for the state Division of Youth and Family Services, Kate Bernyk, said she would not comment on any specific case, but she said the **state would not remove children from a home simply because of their names.** ” I figured there had to be more to it than that. Is this a case of Post Hoc Ergo Procter Hoc or whatever the Latin phrase is? ---
**Author:** ![tiger325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@tiger325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiger325)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-hitlers-taken-from-home-campbell-family-tragedy/481285/31 "2009-01-15T00:26:35Z")
I feel sorry for the kids…that is who will suffer ---
**Author:** ![Jaglavak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85f322/32.png) [@Jaglavak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaglavak)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-hitlers-taken-from-home-campbell-family-tragedy/481285/32 "2009-01-15T05:22:54Z")
If I was little [Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086687/news#ni0643863), I’d be plotting my revenge right now. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-hitlers-taken-from-home-campbell-family-tragedy/481285/33 "2009-01-15T05:31:48Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > The story I read didn’t say that there were no reports of abuse, but the police refused to discuss why they were removed. My guess is that putting themselves in the limelight brought attention to something other than their horrible name choices, and they’re now reaping what they’ve sowed. Sort of like how in the early 90s the parents of one of my brother’s classmates called the police to report a robbery, and were then **shocked** to be arrested once the police noticed the basement full of pot plants they’d been growing. What about the hundreds of other parents that do this? What about the guy who’s kid was kidnapped by some man and the boy stayed with him till he was a teen. What was it like a week later the parents were on Oprah. If the parents are making a bid for attention they certainly are not alone. As for makig the kid stand out. Well just use a nickname. Certainly children of off beat or lesser known religions stand out. Poor kids stand out with their shabby clothes. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-hitlers-taken-from-home-campbell-family-tragedy/481285/34 "2009-01-15T05:38:38Z")
> [@UncleBeer](#): > > " A gold star to the store who refused to put that name on a cake." Am I the only one who cringed when I read that line from the comment section you quoted? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-hitlers-taken-from-home-campbell-family-tragedy/481285/35 "2009-01-15T12:09:16Z")
> [@Ro0sh](#): > > Am I the only one who cringed when I read that line from the comment section you quoted? Jew might be getting oversensitive about this. It’s perfectly allreich. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-hitlers-taken-from-home-campbell-family-tragedy/481285/36 "2009-01-15T12:23:25Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Jew might be getting oversensitive about this. It’s perfectly allreich. Do not feed the child any beans. The last thing we need in this world is another Adolf Hitler with a lot of gas. (Sorry, did that cross the Maginot Line?) ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-hitlers-taken-from-home-campbell-family-tragedy/481285/37 "2009-01-15T12:34:26Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > Exactly, the names were just the icing on the cake. _badump-TSSS_ ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-hitlers-taken-from-home-campbell-family-tragedy/481285/38 "2009-01-15T12:44:18Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Well, they were the ones who had to make the big deal over the birthday cake and bring their strange little family to the public’s attention, they should have realized that they would be scrutinized. You can’t have your cake and eat it, too. But I thought this whole mess began precisely because they couldn’t have their cake. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-hitlers-taken-from-home-campbell-family-tragedy/481285/39 "2009-01-15T12:48:22Z")
> [@auRa](#): > > _badump-TSSS_ Yaaaaayyyyyyy! Appreciated at last. \* Thank you, thank you. I’ll be here for the full panto season! \*🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-hitlers-taken-from-home-campbell-family-tragedy/481285/40 "2009-01-15T12:59:04Z")
> [@UncleBeer](#): > > Crazy. What’s really crazy though, are some of the reader comments on the story at [www.lehighvalleylive.com](http://www.lehighvalleylive.com) > > [http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/index.ssf/2009/01/boy\_named\_adolf\_hitler\_his\_sis.html#comments](http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/index.ssf/2009/01/boy_named_adolf_hitler_his_sis.html#comments) > > … > > “…No one should ever be allowed to name babies, with such names, living in American. Bar them from living in America and send them to Germany to live, sounds like a good idea to me and would probably make the parents happier…” The funny thing is that in Germany they would never have been allowed to name their kids Adolf Hitler, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation, and Honszlynn Hinnler. So maybe the comment is not as stupid as it first appears to be? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-hitlers-taken-from-home-campbell-family-tragedy/481285.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-hitlers-taken-from-home-campbell-family-tragedy/481285.md?page=3)