Comments on: Canadian citizenship: you’re stuck with it

By: Mike Gogulski

Mike Gogulski — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:43:57 +0000

I am jumping through hoops to apply for Canadian citizenship.
When your master says “Jump!”, you must say “How high?”

By: Mike Gogulski

Mike Gogulski — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:42:37 +0000

scineram: Like me, my correspondent wishes to divorce the state which claims her. Doing so means casting aside her Canadian citizenship.

By: smallylerned

smallylerned — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:41:36 +0000

Heh, and here I am jumping through hoops to apply for Canadian citizenship. My father was born in Vancouver which makes me eligible.

By: scineram

scineram — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:35:23 +0000

Am I missing something? He can leave freely, just remain a citizen.

By: http://radicallibertarians.blogspot.com/

http://radicallibertarians.blogspot.com/ — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:30:21 +0000

Stockholm Syndrome Sufferer:
“LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT! LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT! IF YOU DONT LIKE IT THEN WHY DONT YOU RENOUNCE YOUR CITIZENSHIP? YOURE FREE TO GO ANYTIME YOU WANT!!!! CANADA #1! CANADA #1!”

I hate it when people tell disgruntled slaves that they are free to go if they dont like their slavery. As we can see, not even Canada lets you simply “up and leave.”

You know you are in a prison when there are barriers (physical or otherwise) keeping you inside.

By: DixieFlatline

DixieFlatline — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:19:13 +0000

I meant to say, they would have to restrict the overwhelming flood of membership applicants, rather than concentrate their energies on preventing deserters.

By: DixieFlatline

DixieFlatline — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:18:15 +0000

Wow, isn’t this ironic.

Not only does the state not allow you to secede from it peacefully, which btw sure puts to rest all of those “If you don’t like it, leave” comments, there is a conspiracy to fight statelessness.

One would think, if states were such noble and necessary institutions, then surely they would have to restrict membership, not exodus.