tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113737536590192234.post2187013526121930845..comments2024-03-27T17:34:04.375+04:00Comments on Random Magus: Where am I from, Mummy???Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10719992587281654845noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113737536590192234.post-24701455984780528702009-02-25T10:41:00.000+04:002009-02-25T10:41:00.000+04:00Shantanu: Sometimes there are no easy choicesShantanu: Sometimes there are no easy choicesAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719992587281654845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113737536590192234.post-13628724390214906532009-02-16T15:51:00.000+04:002009-02-16T15:51:00.000+04:00That's unfortunate. Makes me wonder if bringing u...That's unfortunate. Makes me wonder if bringing up kids in a country that won't have them (as their own) is a good idea...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113737536590192234.post-28231089082982577142009-02-14T09:44:00.000+04:002009-02-14T09:44:00.000+04:00Jean-Luc Picard:Unfortunately that's the situation...Jean-Luc Picard:<BR/>Unfortunately that's the situation here. Really crazy<BR/><BR/>Mark:..<BR/>But people always confuse the two. I think I was guilty of that myself, you immediately expect someone to identify themselves as their parents origins. There is always a tug between the two and you feel you must choose. <BR/>Here in the Emirates they don't give nationality.<BR/><BR/>Loz:<BR/>Aleyna might think of Dubai as her home but the country will never except her as an Emirati.<BR/><BR/>Joseph:<BR/>Thanks<BR/>They don't allow that here.<BR/><BR/>Bobby:<BR/>:-) I hope to teach her that she's a citizen of the world as well.<BR/><BR/>Greg:<BR/>That would be so curious and so cool actually. Hadn't thought of that<BR/><BR/>Mona: Thank you :-)<BR/><BR/>meleah rebeccah:<BR/>:-) I certainly took my time<BR/>I think so too but babies born here can't think of this place as home in that sense because this place refuses to accept them.<BR/><BR/>James Michael:<BR/>...and kickingAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719992587281654845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113737536590192234.post-66897013366332200412009-02-12T17:47:00.000+04:002009-02-12T17:47:00.000+04:00Thank god that you are alive!Thank god that you are alive!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113737536590192234.post-37037734258566186842009-02-10T01:36:00.000+04:002009-02-10T01:36:00.000+04:00Whooooo Hooooooo! You are back! Im so excited!Now ...Whooooo Hooooooo! You are back! Im so excited!<BR/><BR/>Now as for your question:<BR/><BR/>"Does having roots only depend on what your passport says or growing up in a place is what determines nationality????"<BR/><BR/>I say its more growing up in a place is what determines nationality!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113737536590192234.post-42339874232542590842009-02-10T00:01:00.000+04:002009-02-10T00:01:00.000+04:00Hello,I absolutely love your blog! Do continue wri...Hello,<BR/><BR/>I absolutely love your blog! Do continue writing!<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>MonaMonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07569929302211406391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113737536590192234.post-91415478125001451692009-02-09T22:08:00.000+04:002009-02-09T22:08:00.000+04:00In a way, this has the potential to deny any natio...In a way, this has the potential to deny any nationality to certain children because a given country can only deny granting their own nationality to a person, but cannot actually dictate if a person is of another nationality. You would have to look into the laws of the given country. For example if a Japanese couple had a child there, we'd have to look into Japanese law to see if the kid would be granted Japanese citizenship. There's probably some country somewhere who wouldn't allow a child born on foreign soil to claim citizenship, so that would leave some people without a real country. That's kind of cool.No Replyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13897528591850712444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113737536590192234.post-67368229050096594912009-02-08T15:31:00.000+04:002009-02-08T15:31:00.000+04:00Wow...that's interesting. Like most Americans, I a...Wow...that's interesting. Like most Americans, I am a mixed breed; French, Welsh and American Indian. My nationality is "American" on paper but I'm just a human from Earth like everyone else:)Bobby Revellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05225540511858755945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113737536590192234.post-11822588324268410262009-02-08T00:56:00.000+04:002009-02-08T00:56:00.000+04:001st - congrats on the baby girl!2nd - I think that...1st - congrats on the baby girl!<BR/><BR/>2nd - I think that when you turn 16, you get your drivers license, and then you go down to the government agency that determines citizenship, and right there, you declare your citizenship, of which ever country you want. Of course, at 16, I would have said, "Chechnya" and that really would have worked out poorly.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04442909430914123230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113737536590192234.post-63222371007900352242009-02-06T01:21:00.000+04:002009-02-06T01:21:00.000+04:00I think deep down it is about owning a sense of pl...I think deep down it is about owning a sense of place. I will always be Australian though my ancestry is a mix of Irish, Scot and English and if I go back far enough Norman, Saxon and Roman. But I grew up with the smell of eucalyptus and that is the smell of home.Lozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10513517402604501840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113737536590192234.post-77882071691100473022009-02-06T00:56:00.000+04:002009-02-06T00:56:00.000+04:00Interesting questions. Does nationality matter or ...Interesting questions. Does nationality matter or is it culture that has the biggest impact on a person. I would say it is culture and that in the end a person, once an adult could petition to change their nationality/citizenship if they so desire.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08237538988856751173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113737536590192234.post-6315389522165826292009-02-06T00:11:00.000+04:002009-02-06T00:11:00.000+04:00That's a fact I didn't know regarding children bor...That's a fact I didn't know regarding children born in the Emirates.Jean-Luc Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01689798190618944262noreply@blogger.com