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It should be pointed out that even the naming=authority argument has many flaws. Naming someone does not establish, express, or validate any authority that doesn’t already exist. Nor is the presence of an authoritarian hierarchy necessary to give a name. While naming as an act and authority as a position may both be present in a relationship, as in parents naming their children, such coexistence does not prove any correlation. Naming our children doesn’t establish our authority over them. In fact, the act of naming is not an authoritative act at all. It is an act of love.