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From: Ivor Jones on 19 Aug 2006 19:03 "SteveH" <steve(a)italiancar.co.uk> wrote in message news:1hkcdcb.18n3s7qexz5ldN%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk > Ivor Jones <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote: > > > > > My passport has nothing to do with it. > > > > > > Unfortunately for you, it does. > > > > > > You live in a country, and have a passport from, a > > > country that is part of the European Economic > > > Community. This makes you a European. > > > > > > What is it that's so hard to understand about this > > > concept? > > > > Everything, because it isn't true. > > OK. Right.... <takes deep breath> > > Could you *please* explain to everyone how someone with a > British passport, resident in the UK, which is part of > the EU cannot be considered a European? Because a continent is not a country. I am defined by my country of birth not my continent of residence. If I move to Australia, I will still be English. Ivor
From: SteveH on 19 Aug 2006 19:04 Ivor Jones <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote: > > > How am I Welsh, when I was born in Essex..? > > > > > So if you were born in Essex, you're English. England is > > in Europe thus making you European. > > No. Europe is not a country. I am defined by my country of birth not my > continent of residence. > > You don't have the right to decide otherwise. FFS! The order of things is country - continent - planet. So, you're British - European - resident of the planet Earth. If you're not European, then you're also claiming that you're not a resident of the planet Earth, which you obviously are. Or maybe not....... -- Steve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark Alfa 156 2.0 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI - COSOC KOTL BoTAFOT #87 - BoTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #
From: SteveH on 19 Aug 2006 19:05 Ivor Jones <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote: > > Could you *please* explain to everyone how someone with a > > British passport, resident in the UK, which is part of > > the EU cannot be considered a European? > > Because a continent is not a country. I am defined by my country of birth > not my continent of residence. If I move to Australia, I will still be > English. Only, if you intend to live there permanently, you'd have to apply for an Australian passport, which would make you an Australian citizen. -- Steve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark Alfa 156 2.0 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI - COSOC KOTL BoTAFOT #87 - BoTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #
From: Tony Raven on 19 Aug 2006 19:06 SteveH wrote on 19/08/2006 23:44 +0100: > Ivor Jones <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote: > >>>> Country. Nothing else. Give up. >>> Country, plus continent plus planet. >> Wrong. Give up. > > Is this a "La, La, La, I'm not listening' moment? "La La" definitely comes into it somewhere ;-) -- Tony "Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory." - Leonardo da Vinci
From: SteveH on 19 Aug 2006 19:08
Tony Raven <junk(a)raven-family.com> wrote: > SteveH wrote on 19/08/2006 23:44 +0100: > > Ivor Jones <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote: > > > >>>> Country. Nothing else. Give up. > >>> Country, plus continent plus planet. > >> Wrong. Give up. > > > > Is this a "La, La, La, I'm not listening' moment? > > "La La" definitely comes into it somewhere ;-) Ivor is a Tellytubby? OK, I'll admit, they can't be European as they're clearly from a different planet ;-) -- Steve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark Alfa 156 2.0 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI - COSOC KOTL BoTAFOT #87 - BoTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC # |