Posted on 08/10/2006 7:25:32 AM PDT by Pokey78
I’ve never seen such a load of gibbering imbecility on an internet forum in all my f&^%ing life. What the hell is wrong with most of the people who have contributed to this thread? The self-same people who would be the ones whining and bitching about foreigners living in their country and refusing to take full citizenship are the ones who are heaping contempt upon a lifelong British citizen and Member of Parliament (and now Mayor of London) for becoming a full citizen of his own country.
I daresay Winston Churchill would have completely renounced his claim on US Citizenship as well if the US State Department made it such an inconveniance to hold a US Passport, because he was like Boris, British first and foremost, but the window-licking hoards on this thread can’t get that through their simple minds obviously...
Get the hell out of MY country, Boris. We need patriots now, not morons and socialists. The more of these ilk that leave this country the better. I'll pitch in for the one-way tickets. Everybody has a right to be a douche bag, just be a douche bag somewhere else, and thank you for playing. I'm sure you enriched so many lives.
Oh, since you embrace socialism and renounce our democratic republic I must give you a "blessing". My your chains rest lightly upon you shoulders. Don't ever darken our door step again.
You should have said you were an illegal alien. they’d have welcomed you with open arms.
I’ve never seen such a load of gibbering imbecility on an internet forum in all my f&^%ing life. What the hell is wrong with most of the people who have contributed to this thread? The self-same people who would be the ones whining and bitching about foreigners living in their country and refusing to take full citizenship are the ones who are heaping contempt upon a lifelong British citizen and Member of Parliament (and now Mayor of London) for becoming a full citizen of his own country.There's a certain amount of secular religion involved. The idea that someone might want to be a citizen of a country other than America and consider that country a better environment for themselves is completely unfathomable. Any attempts to argue this point must be some sort of leftist attack.I daresay Winston Churchill would have completely renounced his claim on US Citizenship as well if the US State Department made it such an inconveniance to hold a US Passport, because he was like Boris, British first and foremost, but the window-licking hoards on this thread can’t get that through their simple minds obviously...
As far as I'm concerned, good for Boris. Now he needs a visa to live in America, but if that floats his boat, good for him.
Who cares about this tool(real Americans dont). Dont go away mad just go away.
If they think that most non-Americans wish that they were Americans, and that we all sit here weeping and gnashing our teeth because we were cursed by god in not being born a citizen of the United States, they are sadly mistaken. Most people are as proud to be citizens of their own countries as Americans are of theirs, and Boris is British, proud to be so, and Britain is his home, and as much as many here profess to not care that he prefers to see Britain as his homeland rather than the US, the petulent and angry tones they have adopted in commenting on his decision would suggest otherwise, and that they are actually extremely offended. If they didn’t care so much, they would shrug their shoulders and not bother commenting on it...
Agree.
What they would have to say if the situation was reversed..
I have a "Born Abroad " certificate from the state department. and as a child I also had a Brazilian passport I haven't been to Brazil since the mid seventies when I was a teen. f for some reason I wanted to go back there and found out I needed to get a Brazilian passport I would be throwing a fit myself and these same posters would be slamming Brazil
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Only a few countries engender that type of loyalty: Japan, England, Scotland, Ireland, France(?), Germany pre-WWII. The rest have no particular affinity outside of their family/tribe. Everyone else sure as hell wishes they were either born here or emigrated.
Btw, good catch on Boris becoming Mayor of London. I remember reading this original post years ago.
You need to add China, India, Australia, New Zealand and Finland to the list. I know plenty of Thai, Filipino and Vietnamese people who are extremely nationalistic as well. And don’t forget the most nationalistic country in the world AFAIK South Korea.
Dude, I live in SoCal. With the exception of the Aussies, every one of the other nationalities you mention are well represented in growing ethnic enclaves. Chinese & Indians? Please, they can’t wait to get out of their respective hell-holes. They make it here on a H1B and the very last thing they want to do is go home. Drop an anchor, and they get chain migration when the kid turns 18.
Dude, I live in SoCal. With the exception of the Aussies, every one of the other nationalities you mention are well represented in growing ethnic enclaves. Chinese & Indians? Please, they can’t wait to get out of their respective hell-holes. They make it here on a H1B and the very last thing they want to do is go home. Drop an anchor, and they get chain migration when the kid turns 18.Nope. Have you ever actually talked to a Chinese person about China? Or an Indian about India? They're super nationalistic. Many, if not most, don't view living in the states as a change in identity, it's just a way of getting enough money to live well back home.
If you don't believe me, get them started on stuff back home. Tibet for the Chinese or Pakistan for Indians. Then you'll see just how nationalistic they are.
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