Naming rights July 30, 2008

Remember in Rugrats when the parents would often consult the child psychologist Dr. Lipschitz? Remember laughing when hearing it? Notice the convenient ‘c’ in his name.

Well, Dr. and Mrs. Herman Libshitz know the feeling. Verizon has denied them e-mail service because their name contains “questionable language.”

The Libshitzes have given up on trying to get Verizon DSL and have opted to stay with AT&T dial-up — a good boycott for a lax policy.

A spokeswoman for Verizon actually sided with the Libshitzes, saying the company usually makes exceptions based on “reasonable requests.”

I’d say a name — an identity — is pretty reasonable, no?