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Apparently, according to Angelina Jolie, names don’t matter that much. Or, at least there is nothing in a name that a three-year-old child received at birth; the name given to him by a woman who adopts him, however, is very significant.

Angelina decided that she didn’t like the given name of her brand new child, the purchase of which she was able to fast track thanks to her wealth, so she decided to rename him. Don’t even get me started on the colonial implications of that one.

According to Us Magazine:

Angelina Jolie has successfully completed the adoption process for her new son. The three-year-old boy was picked up on Thursday at 9 a.m. local time after Jolie received the official adoption agreement from the Tam Binh orphanage where the boy has been residing since November of 2003.

According to the Vietnamese press, the boy is named Pham Quang Sang and will be renamed Pax Thien Jolie.

Pax means “peace” in Latin, while Thien means “heaven” or “sky” in Vietnamese. Local press also reports that Jolie’s new son cried and hid during the official ceremony, and that the actress comforted him in Vietnamese. Jolie’s other adopted son, Maddox, was also present.

Isn’t that kind of an F-ed up thing to do with a three-year-old child? This just shows that Angelina, already, doesn’t really consider how such drastic changes will affect Pham Quang Sang. He is already set to endure a significant amount of mental distress after being relocated from his home and country into a new house with a bunch of random jerks. The name change is probably just going to confuse the little dude. When people say, “Pax Thien” over and over again, he’ll get pissed off because he can’t figure out why everyone keeps talking about the sky. Also, he will probably be sad that no one talks to him since they all stopped saying his name.

I know, I know. Everyone is going to come at me with the, “Angelina is doing something so wonderful and you are such an asshole for not seeing that she is a saint. Why don’t you get off your lazy ass and adopt a kid? You should spend a night in a Vietnamese orphanage and see how much you like it.” thing.

I just don’t think that Angelina’s attempts to save the world from the evil “other” should necessarily be praised absolutely. Why do her wealth and the fact that she lives in the US automatically qualify her as a good mother? And, besides, I am pretty sure it sucks to be in a US orphanage, too. I am not saying children not from the US shouldn’t be adopted; I just don’t think we should make assumptions about how great life will be for a child once he comes to the United States.

Also, I still think it is pretty weird that she is so manic about adopting kids.

UPDATE: Angelina Adoption Official! [US Magazine]

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