Not a citizen.
By hvedra
@hvedra (1619)
September 10, 2009 8:23am CST
I was recently watching a series of videos where one guy keeps getting stopped by the US Border Patrol and refuses to answer their questions (part of protest he was making).
The first question they ask is "What country are you a citizen of?".
Now, if I were stopped I'd have to say "None". This isn't because I don't have a nationality but because I don't live in a republic. We have a royal family and are _subjects_. Recently the Government has tried to say we are citizens but, in the same way you can stick a saddle on a cow and call it a horse and it means nothing, we are not citizens of anywhere.
Are you a citizen or subject?
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
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11 Sep 09
Now that's an interesting point. My Passport says that I am a citizen but I am most certainly a subject. Do you think that nationality and sovereignty are different things? I would say that citizenship pertains to my legal status as a British "National", but my status as a Subject is an allegiance to the Crown. The Queen is Head of State, but is not a Law Maker. Her role is primarily non-partisan and although in theory she has Royal Prerogative, in fact that is limited to opening Parliament, giving Royal Assent to legislation etc. I am her subject and bondsman, she embodies my Nation, but I am not Her citizen, I am a British citizen. Two separate things therefore.
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