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From: Richard Brookman on 19 Aug 2006 19:15 SteveH wrote: || Unless you have some strange passport from the Falklands or || something. -- I can see this ending in a revelation that no-one has thought of, like he was born on the polar ice-cap or something. I wondered if your guess on the Falklands might have been it. But no - the game of 20 questions continues. You're Adolf Hitler? - Wrong. OK, you're Superman? - Wrong. And so on ... -- Rich ============================== Take out the obvious to email me.
From: Ivor Jones on 19 Aug 2006 19:25 "SteveH" <steve(a)italiancar.co.uk> wrote in message news:1hkcdje.35lu9g2km5bN%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk > 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. Australian *citizen* not *an Australian* - there's a difference. Ivor
From: Ivor Jones on 19 Aug 2006 19:26 "SteveH" <steve(a)italiancar.co.uk> wrote in message news:1hkcdh2.14m071f1ng5q4iN%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk > 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. There is no order of things. Nationality is country, nothing else. Ivor
From: SteveH on 19 Aug 2006 19:29 Ivor Jones <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote: > > Only, if you intend to live there permanently, you'd have > > to apply for an Australian passport, which would make you > > an Australian citizen. > > Australian *citizen* not *an Australian* - there's a difference. In your opinion, maybe. Legally, there isn't. -- 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 19:30
Richard Brookman <THErichard.brookmanOBVIOUS(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > || Unless you have some strange passport from the Falklands or > || something. -- > > I can see this ending in a revelation that no-one has thought of, like he > was born on the polar ice-cap or something. I wondered if your guess on the > Falklands might have been it. But no - the game of 20 questions continues. > > You're Adolf Hitler? - Wrong. > OK, you're Superman? - Wrong. > > And so on ... It appears that it's not a game of 20 questions, it's just that Ivor prefers the 'La, La, La, I'm not listening' approach to European politics rather than admitting to the facts as placed in front of him. -- 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 # |