[phaed]

Came here to say this. Like it or not, you're already fighting a stereotype with your name.

[barryhoodlum]

Is that kind of comment necessary?

[shard]

I would say that it's a comment that's not good to give in polite company, but something that one close friend would say to another. Sometimes brutal truths or tendencies of society can be overlooked by some people or deliberately ignored by others, maybe with altruistic intentions, but that just means that those tendencies will be taken advantage of by people with fewer scruples. It's best to acknowledge and be publicly aware of these tendencies, rather than hide them away.