On the Inhumanity of Nametags

I haven't come up with a perfect articulation of my argument against name tags as yet, but as this is only the beginning of my attempts, I have great hope for the future.

Names are connected to power, as we see in the book of Revelation, when God promises to give those who overcome a white stone with their name written on it. Name tags force all people who have to wear them to grant this power to all those who surround them with no distinction among persons. This self-revelation is not freely given and freely accepted, but rather mandated on both parts. Additionally, there is an element of enforcing sameness in the democratizing and equalizing urge of name tags. It does not allow for distinctions among different people in the audience, but rather assumes that it is the "right" of all in the room to know your name. It eliminates the nuance of social interactions and the mystery involved in the name. Name tags require, furthermore, the hypostatization of the concept that the name reflects, not allowing any room for nicknames or other variations on a name. It doesn't allow people to hear the pronunciation, nor does it capture the variations in pronunciation that are possible. Name tags denigrate the person by affirming that it is not necessary for people to remember the names of others. We might as well all be called cows and have our ears pierced with tags with numbers on them. No need for names really, and numbers are simpler...