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In article , tcnw71@blackhole.do-not- spam.me.uk says... > > Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:25:30 <4bc796dqh33hofm0hrc35470plpro8pu35@4ax.com> > uk.net.news.moderation JMS  > > >Ian Smith - On Guy Chapman -  19 October 2009 > > Ian Smith died in 2007.

You had to look the year up on Wikipedia, didn't you? ;-)

I get the feeling that Southern Rhodesia was a much nicer place to live than Zimbabwe is now, but maybe you know more about that than me (didn't you say you were from South Africa or something?)

> Some parents are just cruel in naming their children.

I used to call "our" Ian Smith "Jellybelly" because the actor who played Harold Bishop on Neighbours is also called Ian Smith. I don't think he realised why I called him it. Also another Ian Smith briefly came onto URC a while ago, and got mistaken for the "original" one (like with that "other" Ian Jackson who usually posts on uk.rec.driving). Since "Ian" and "Smith" are both common names, it seems wrong to "sterilise" the name Ian Smith for 70+ years just because a controversial world leader happened to also have it.

In any case, I'm sure "our" Ian Smith isn't remotely bothered by his name.