Op 11-1-2012 19:45, ervaqre schreef:
>>> Well, I have read news articles that if I were to adopt the
>>> nationality of another nation, I could lose my Dutch passport. That
>>> actually kind of affects me.
>>
>> Oddly this has already affected me. If I was born now, or turned 18 now,
>> I could claim a double nationality. However I can't. My mother wasn't
>> allowed to have a double nationality when she married, so neither can I.
>> Seems a bit unfair to me. I have roots in two countries, lived in both,
>> have families in both, but I can't switch nationalities. I certainly
>> can't claim both at the same time.
>
> Remind me again, which countries are those? The Netherlands and
> Belgium, right? I need this information for the RRRRR. You'll turn 18
> two years from now, just so you know it.
Pish posh, RRRRR my foot. You just want info to tell the Chinese
government so they know which country they should invade next by taking
over the snackbars.
>> Yet other people have multiple nationalities because of parents of
>> different countries + being born in yet another country + changing
>> borders (think of former Yugoslavian countries or Poland where you can
>> claim German citizenship) and so on. There are people running around
>> that can vote in four or even more countries. Somehow that seems to
>> breach the democratic one person one vote rule... But then again, you
>> wouldn't understand. It's not like you're in the Democratic Republic of
>> China.
>
> Huh? What?? Democratic? Sounds sour to me. In real life I am actually
> pretty much an anarchist, but that also sounds pretty sour. If I say I
> am an anarchist, most people throw me in with damn freedom-hating
> socialists!! China sometimes can be like some sort of anarchy. I am
> breaking the law at least ten times a day here and nobody gives a
> shit.
To be fair: the same would be true in the Netherlands. Today I saw a guy
in a Mercedes taking a turn whilst calling and running a red light at a
train-crossing that was closing. Also: suppose you walk into the police
office to tell them your ID-card was stolen. Strictly speaking you're
breaking the law: you could be fined for not having an ID-card...
>>> Hmm...neon cars? Never seen them. The only neon thing I see when I
>>> look out of my window is some sort of phallus. Oh, and the army
>>> barracks sometimes have their blue lights on.
>>>
>> Of course if you explain to me why army barracks in China have blue
>> lights, you'll surely end in jail (or worse: a traitor to the people of
>> China). So please elaborate :-)
>
> Well, I don't think they bother to read Aglami, or at least do not
> considered it a threat to national security. And I don't know of any
> foreigner ever being sent to a Re-education Camp.
A) They're so wrong about Aglami not being a threat. This mistake will
be their undoing. Mwuahahaha!!!
B) Of course, if any foreigner disappears you'd assume they've returned
to their country of origins. Maybe they do get sent to those
re-education camps. They also have crack plastic surgeons there who can
make us westerners look like *real* people...
> The army barracks have blue neon simply because, well, pretty much any
> public building here has neon lights. At night, it's a neon world
> here. In winter, this looks sort of nice because all over the city
> they have ice sculptures with neon inside of them.
>
Hmmm, them make plenty of LED's in China (I know because the LED lights
on my bike are made in China). Wouldn't it make more sense to use LED's,
at least in those ice-sculptures? They produce less heat than neon. Then
again, the winterly climate would counteract that neon warmth.
--
Danny.