[grainfedprairieboy]

For the majority of countries in the world, the question of citizenship is straightforward and tied generally to culture and bloodlines. A German for example, can be born second or third generation outside of Germany and still consider himself German, or at the very least profess his Germanic ancestry. Countries such as Japan or Kuwait refuse to recoqnise the children of immigrants as nationals regardless of the number of generations born and raised there. For the few countries on this planet peopled by immigrants living largely on borrowed cultures and traditions I feel that a true citizen of that nation must be born and raised there, currently reside there and profess an allegiance to that nation. Most importantly, people who hold dual citizenship are not Canadian!

[deneb]

Is this another freaking gangbang??! Calm down... the guy is arguing with respect, do the same.

Oh, and my answer is "I'd hit it"

[Androo]

I think shes cute

As for who is a "real" Canadian:

Anyone who holds Canadian citizenship...Period.

[grainfedprairieboy]

Androo

Since the Libranos will let in anyone on a double wink nod for future support, Middle Easterners, especially Syrians, are traveling to Canada prior to birthing in order to return with a child of dual citizenship and furtherance in the terrorist cause. Of the roughly estimated 1 billion claimants who last year applied for or just showed up and claimed refugee status, each are conferred all the legal rights and protection of citizenship (of course this doesn’t include the one guy the Liebrals refused last year who said is the exception to the rule). Dual citizenship is rampant throughout this country. Octogenarian parents or grandparents of immigrants are rubberstamped under “family reunification” stroll our parks and drain our healthcare as “rightful” citizens.

A citizen is one who genuinely places his country before himself. He does not hold dual citizenship as he can only profess allegiance to one nation as a matter of honour. A true citizen serves in his nations armed forces at one point in his life and/or devotes himself completely for the betterment of his community through volunteerism, entrepreneuring, propagating the population or otherwise working to enrich the nation. The remainder are merely residents, collecting their welfare cheques, or leeching off others while “employed” by some faceless bureaucracy.

Just because some Liebral hack passes out citizenship papers to anyone with an outstretched hand as if they where passing out expropriated Alberta tax dollars to Queerbecers makes them no more a citizen then Carolyn Parrish is an intellect because the Globe/Star/Aspers encourage her asinine anti-American rants.

Or maybe it’s just me.

[hwacker]

grainfedprairieboy wrote:

Androo

Since the Libranos will let in anyone on a double wink nod for future support, Middle Easterners, especially Syrians, are traveling to Canada prior to birthing in order to return with a child of dual citizenship and furtherance in the terrorist cause. Of the roughly estimated 1 billion claimants who last year applied for or just showed up and claimed refugee status, each are conferred all the legal rights and protection of citizenship (of course this doesn’t include the one guy the Liebrals refused last year who said is the exception to the rule). Dual citizenship is rampant throughout this country. Octogenarian parents or grandparents of immigrants are rubberstamped under “family reunification” stroll our parks and drain our healthcare as “rightful” citizens.

A citizen is one who genuinely places his country before himself. He does not hold dual citizenship as he can only profess allegiance to one nation as a matter of honour. A true citizen serves in his nations armed forces at one point in his life and/or devotes himself completely for the betterment of his community through volunteerism, entrepreneuring, propagating the population or otherwise working to enrich the nation. The remainder are merely residents, collecting their welfare cheques, or leeching off others while “employed” by some faceless bureaucracy.

Just because some Liebral hack passes out citizenship papers to anyone with an outstretched hand as if they where passing out expropriated Alberta tax dollars to Queerbecers makes them no more a citizen then Carolyn Parrish is an intellect because the Globe/Star/Aspers encourage her asinine anti-American rants.

Or maybe it’s just me.

NA it's not you.

[Canrane]

I think QuickCall was on the right track, that if you feel Canadian then you are. But going by what you consider yourself is not so simple since it is influenced so strongly by those around you. Many immigrants here consider themselves Pakistani or Indian when they're here, because compared to most Canadians they are more Pakistani. But when they DO go back to Pakistan or India, they consider themselves Canadian because compared to most Pakistanis, they ARE. It's not easy being a floater person like that.

My parents were born in India and we go back every now and then, but after 20 years, it's clear that India feels like a foreign, though familiar, country. People who go around questioning people's "Canadian-ness" have clearly never experienced what it's like to relate more to Canadians, but be constantly rejected by them. Unless you understand how that feels, you don't have any right to preach about being Canadian enough.

The true test should be the following question:

Do you consider this country your home? (home, not homeland...but home)
Yes? Then you're Canadian, regardless of what your passport says.
No? Come back in ten years and we'll talk.