Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Namibian Baby
May 31st 2006 14:53
from www.wikipedia.com
Ladies and Gentlemen, she has finally graced us with her presence. Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt was born on Saturday 27th May in Swakopmund, Namibia. You will notice that unlike everyone else, I will refrain from labelling her as the world’s most beautiful baby. Sure, she probably is. But imagine the pressure this girl will have to face living up to everyone’s expectations. Think about it. She could end up with Angie’s giant forehead, Brad’s bad skin and a tattoo with Billy Bob Thornton’s name on it. So let’s all please call her by her name, Shiloh Nouvel, even if we can’t pronounce it.
from www.wikipedia.com
Now what does all this have to do with the law you ask? Well, the Namibian Government is offering little Shiloh Nouvel citizenship in their country. The thing is, that under Namibian law, merely being born in the country does not entitle you to automatic citizenship. So how is it that this 4 day old child has managed to entice the Namibians into the offer?
Under Namibian law, a person may be entitled to something known as “Honourary Citizenship”. This refers to citizenship offered to that person by the President of Namibia. The President must be of the opinion that the person to whom the offer is being made has rendered a distinguished service to the country.
Now, I’m not quite sure that Shiloh Nouvel herself has rendered any distinguished services as of yet. I’m guessing President Hifikepunye Pohamba‘s decision to offer such citizenship would be based on all the saintly work in which Brangelina have been involved over the past year or so. This includes Angelina’s work as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, large monetary donations from the couple to local Namibian schools and hospitals and the increase in tourism the two have generated by their mere presence in the African nation.
The couple’s publicist has announced that they are yet to decide whether or not to accept the offer. I say go for it. It’s an honour usually reserved for royalty. And maybe kids whose names we can’t pronounce.
The images used in this post were obtained from www.wikipedia.com
The picture of Angelina Jolie is subject to the GNU Free Documentation License. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and modify a work under that license.
The picture of Brad Pitt is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the United States Air Force
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I guess unlike most people, I'm more interested in hearing about the humanitarian work that Ange does. I honestly believe that Ms Jolie is the greatest thing to ever happen to Hollywood in this sense. I think it's about time these people who are making millions and millions of dollars every year did something GOOD for the world. Money means power so Hollywood stars actually have the means to make a difference. I'm sure there are plenty of A-listers who donate to charities and stuff, but with Ange, she's taken the whole thing one step further. She's using her fame and channelling it towards something no other celebrity has done before.
Don't you think that's a good thing and something the media should focus on even if it means making Brangelina a publicity phenomenon?