Happy Birthday, Adolf Hitler Campbell!
Posted by Carlos C. on Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 at 8:22 am
No cake for you.
EASTON, Pa. – The father of 3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell, denied a birthday cake with the child’s full name on it by one New Jersey supermarket, is asking for a little tolerance. Heath Campbell and his wife, Deborah, are upset not only with the decision made by the Greenwich ShopRite, but with an outpouring of angry Internet postings in response to a local newspaper article over the weekend on their flare-up over frosting.
“I think people need to take their heads out of the cloud they’ve been in and start focusing on the future and not on the past,” Heath Campbell said Tuesday in an interview conducted in Easton, on the other side of the Delaware River from where the family lives in Hunterdon County, N.J.
“There’s a new president and he says it’s time for a change; well, then it’s time for a change,” the 35-year-old continued. “They need to accept a name. A name’s a name. The kid isn’t going to grow up and do what (Hitler) did.”
Deborah Campbell, 25, said she phoned in her order last week to the ShopRite. When she told the bakery department she wanted her son’s name spelled out, she was told to talk to a supervisor, who denied the request.
Karen Meleta, a spokeswoman for ShopRite, said the Campbells had similar requests denied at the same store the last two years and said Heath Campbell previously had asked for a swastika to be included in the decoration.
“We reserve the right not to print anything on the cake that we deem to be inappropriate,” Meleta said. “We considered this inappropriate.”
The Campbells ultimately got their cake decorated at a Wal-Mart in Pennsylvania, Deborah Campbell said. About 12 people attended the birthday party on Sunday, including several children who were of mixed race, according to Heath Campbell.
“If we’re so racist, then why would I have them come into my home?” he asked.
The Campbells’ other two children also have unusual names: JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell turns 2 in a few months and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell will be 1 in April.
Heath Campbell said he named his son after Adolf Hitler because he liked the name and because “no one else in the world would have that name.” He sounded surprised by all the controversy the dispute had generated.
Campbell said his ancestors are German and that he has lived his entire life in Hunterdon County. On Tuesday he wore a pair of black boots he said were worn by a German soldier during World War II.
He said he was raised not to avoid people of other races but not to mix with them socially or romantically. But he said he would try to raise his children differently.
“Say he grows up and hangs out with black people. That’s fine, I don’t really care,” he said. “That’s his choice.”
If you are Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, there is a “six million dead Jews” controversy.
Idiots.
I feel sorry for the young children and the ridicule they will go through due to their names, thanks to their dumb ass parents.
Hat Tip: Boing Boing
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OMG….their really are people this STUPID living in the US……hence, why we have Obama!
Actually, Lil’ Hitler will be getting a cake this year - THANKS TO WAL-MART!
Did you notice the line that said, “The Campbells ultimately got their cake decorated at a Wal-Mart in Pennsylvania, Deborah Campbell said.”
Wal-Mart producing a Hitler cake should be THE STORY. Absolutely reprehensible and shameful. I can’t belive Wal-Mart would stoop to these new lows.
Yes, I did read that part of the story.
I wonder what prompted Wal-Mart to make the cake? The money from the cake’s sale? Maybe, but I doubt it. Maybe they did not want to face a lawsuit.
It would have been nice though if Wal-Mart told them to F off.
@Carlos C. “I wonder what prompted Wal-Mart to make the cake?”
Uh, cause they’re Walmart and they put profit over people. They treat their workers like crap, steamroll local economies and force American jobs… you think something like selling a “Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler” cake would phase em?
Wal-Mart workers, on average, make $10.50 an hour.
That is not crap.
i wanna work at your wal marts shit. and whys it so low for walmart to do it. normally i agree with you carlos, but you just said you feel sorry for kids cause dumb ass parents gave dumb ass names. the kids 3 years old he didnt choose his family. why shouldnt he be able to have a birthday cake
Sheesh naming your kid Adolf Hitler campbell is as bad as naming your kid Barack Obama Campbell. lol
Really? I can see if you’re not an Obama fan (which I’m not), but comparing him to Adolph Hitler is a bit far fetched. I didn’t vote for him, but I doubt he’ll ever wake up one morning and say, “Hey, you know what, Michelle? I think I’m going to kill 6,000,000 jews today. Hell, why don’t we add 4,000,000 catholics, gypsies, gays, and opposing political parties on that list too.” You’re an ignorant piece of shit.
To Carlos C - $10.50 an hour is shit. Most people that say that it isn’t are either; A. In high-school living with their parents or B. Make a lot more than that, and wouldn’t know what it is like making 10.50 an hour, but assume that it is enough to live comfortably and support a family on.
1. Alex was joking, and 2. $10.50 an hour is $4.00 more than the national average.