Reply to: Any drawback to Dual Nationality?

[AtW]

ITAR - that's a drawback.

[Churchill]

ITAR - that's a drawback.

[NotAllThere]

Not the way i was raised to think. All life ends. Very few of us choose when to end it.

Reminds me of this joke:

Two guys are out in the woods hunting when one of them falls to the ground. His eyes are rolled back in his head and he doesn't appear to be breathing.
His buddy takes out his cell phone and immediately calls 911. Gasping, he says to the operator, "My friend is dead! What can I do?"
"Take it easy and calm down," the operator says in a calm voice. "I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead."
There's silence and then a shot is heard. The guy comes back on the phone and says, "OK, now what?"

[stek]

Could say most Brits are dual nationals, English and British me!

[scooterscot]

How much would you spend to save you own life? How much would you spend to save a stranger's life in Bhutan?

Really is pointless. I find value in what time I have rather than trying to earn enough money to buy time I might have. More and more people today burn themselves out in the belief their increased earnings will offer them better medical care. Mad.

By giving blood I'm helping strangers. Assisted some school children last year acquire an education in photography in the outskirts of Cusco. Might have been my own children but was not, they're already receiving a good education.

[shaunbhoy]

...and then there's football. Arrogant, overpaid players, no respect for the ref, no respect for the opposition, no respect from the fans.

And then there are sweeping generalisations.

[Old Greg]

Not the way i was raised to think. All life ends. Very few of us choose when to end it.

How much would you spend to save you own life? How much would you spend to save a stranger's life in Bhutan?

[scooterscot]

Bet you do. Your own, or your family, for example, over a stranger on the street.

Not the way i was raised to think. All life ends. Very few of us choose when to end it.

[scooterscot]

So you hold Mother Teresa and Ian Brady in the same regard?

Apparently Mother Teresa was a fraud.

Ian Brady mentally ill.

I'm not excusing their actions, to be clear.

[NotAllThere]

I've nothing against her. But I most certainly do not value one life more than another.

Bet you do. Your own, or your family, for example, over a stranger on the street.

...and then there's football. Arrogant, overpaid players, no respect for the ref, no respect for the opposition, no respect from the fans.

Yeah well- the working class must have their circus.

[WTFH]

And there lies the beauty of cricket. I can't say I've never seen trouble at a match - one time at the Oval someone started sounding off at this fella because he'd brought his wife and kids - but it's normally a very congenial atmosphere.

It's generally a respectful (gentlemanly?) game - the players don't come across as arrogant, they respect the umpires, fielders will applaud batsmen at centuries, etc. Respect on the pitch is reflected in the fans watching it. I think that's also true in rugby but to a lesser extent as some of the players are arrogant, but they still respect the ref.
...and then there's football. Arrogant, overpaid players, no respect for the ref, no respect for the opposition, no respect from the fans.

[The_Equalizer]

I think you'll find that's all sports bar football. I've been watching Formula One for 30 years and not once has there ever been any need to segregate fans or any hint of people reverting to tribalism.

Fair point.

[VectraMan]

And there lies the beauty of cricket. I can't say I've never seen trouble at a match - one time at the Oval someone started sounding off at this fella because he'd brought his wife and kids - but it's normally a very congenial atmosphere.

I think you'll find that's all sports bar football. I've been watching Formula One for 30 years and not once has there ever been any need to segregate fans or any hint of people reverting to tribalism.

[The_Equalizer]

Typo, iPhone autocorrect!

As a matter of interest Irish citizens are deemed to have settled status in UK from day one, i.e. effective ILR and vice-versa.

Yep. Residents of Northern Ireland have the choice of either passport, or both.

[The_Equalizer]

I've nothing against her. But I most certainly do not value one life more than another.

So you hold Mother Teresa and Ian Brady in the same regard?