Man Changes Name to “Fuck The Drug War”

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Mr. or Mrs. Censorship
by Josh Feit
March 15, 2010
http://www.publicola.net/2010/03/15/mr-or-mrs-censorship/#more-31321
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A King County District judge signed off on a petition last Friday from a person whose legal name was “Fuck Censorship” for a name change.

Their new name? “Fuck the Drug War.”

According to Mr. or Mrs. Censorship’s petition, they changed their name to Mr. War (their middle name will be “The Drug”) because:

“We’re in two wars, at least, that I strongly oppose, but cannot currently stop”
 
Kudos to you good sir. IDK if this would catch on :\, but if A LOT of people would do this (I would) we could see some real progress I think.
 
I really support the idea behind his name change.
I also admire his guts.

However, I feel that by invoking the Drug War each time his name is said/written, he is in a way supporting its validity. He is basing his being on the Drug War, and on opposing it. That acknowledgment of the Drug War gives it some power. Everything is based on the Drug War, but we (including, presumably, him) don't want ANYTHING at all to be based on the Drug War. In fact, we think it is ridiculous, and shouldn't even exist.
Ram Dass says that he would never go to an "Anti-War" march, be he would be happy to go to a "Peace" march for this reason.

I would prefer if he had changed his name to "Free Consciousness" or "Legalize Drugs", or something like that. Something that wasn't a negation, but a positive statement of what he hopes to see in the world.
 
Just a thought, if I were to change my name to 'open your mind' do you think it would catch on? Just the fact that the man has that name now means more people will become aware of this wasted war on peoples personal freedom. True that having the name assembles in the way he does adds power to it, but people will notice.
 
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