# Ron Artest's name is now Metta World Peace

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 17, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-artests-name-is-now-metta-world-peace/596595 "2011-09-17T03:41:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-artests-name-is-now-metta-world-peace/596595/1 "2011-09-17T03:41:35Z")

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Is it really about Buddhism or just a gimmick to sell lots of “World Peace” Lakers jerseys?  
[http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g1ZH7Fe7sQ4tmj2-3o0j4Wlyp\_NA?docId=34d858a025ac4db2aed36883de6f2283](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g1ZH7Fe7sQ4tmj2-3o0j4Wlyp_NA?docId=34d858a025ac4db2aed36883de6f2283)

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**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-artests-name-is-now-metta-world-peace/596595/2 "2011-09-17T03:47:12Z")

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I am 100% confident, that as a professional sports figure, he is doing this for his own personal growth COUGHofhisbankaccountCOUGH, excuse me, and not for anything related to his sports franchise.

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-artests-name-is-now-metta-world-peace/596595/3 "2011-09-17T12:47:54Z")

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He needs to start hanging around with World B. Free.

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**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-artests-name-is-now-metta-world-peace/596595/4 "2011-09-17T15:13:27Z")

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His daughters name is Diamond. Seriously. Just when I though celeb baby naming couldn’t get any stupider along comes Diamond World Peace.

Give me a fuckin break.

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**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-artests-name-is-now-metta-world-peace/596595/5 "2011-09-17T15:29:12Z")

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I think Ron-Ron/Metta is one of those people who was put on earth with the sole purpose of reminding the rest of us that sanity is overrated.

I don’t think it’s a publicity stunt, like I would have if Rodman had done it, or like I think Chad Ochocinco’s name change is. I think he is genuinely loony, and Gods bless him for making the world just a touch more surreal.