what's in a name? you don't even know the half

There were so many victims of Hurricane Katrina, but one group of people that I fear is being overlooked is all the kids out there that have been born in the past couple years who were named Hurricane Katrina. Think about what a negative association people are now going to have with their name. These poor kids’ parents probably had no idea when they settled on Hurricane Katrina that their precious child’s name would eventually be synonymous with one of the most devastating natural disasters in American history. It’s the same thing with all those unfortunate souls born prior to the onset of the Third Reich who were named The Holocaust. Neither they nor their parents could have had any clue at the time of their birth that that name would go on to represent such a tragic event. That’s just unpredictably awful, awful luck for those groups of people. Tough break guys. Just because your name is tied to a horrible event doesn’t make you a horrible person.

Have a good weekend. And may the Indians please make the playoffs.