[Gay State Conservative]

Occasionally we meet “stateless” people, but it is only in their own mind.

Boy,it sounds like this guy is a real clown.However,the concept of "statelessness" *does* exist although my belief is that relatively few people in the world qualify for this classification.

Simply put,to be "stateless" is to be a person who *no* country on earth will acknowledge,under its particular citizenship laws,as being one of its citizens.

[John Leland 1789]

“Simply put,to be “stateless” is to be a person who *no* country on earth will acknowledge,under its particular citizenship laws,as being one of its citizens.”

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You are correct, of course, in your definition. The people we meet (the “stateless” ones I referred to) are those who are not actually stateless, but want to be “without a country — without a national loyalty.”

I always tell them that “a man without a country” by his own choice is a man who should never be trusted.

We were serving in the Vladivostok area for two years and met Peace Corp types and UNO volunteers. I don’t think I ever met such weirdos in all my life. I don’t know if all Peace Corps people are the same, but the ones we met in eastern Russia sure were, and seemed to loyal to no country; certainly not to the USA (in their conversation).