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**hLabXZlK** · 11-05-2007, 10:01 PM

I knew I had forgotten to explain something in that previous post! Of course I don't think some people should have more rights than others, but depending on where you are born you might not have the same rights as someone born elsewhere, right? Independent of government everyone has the same rights, but we are not independent of government - for example, if you are born in the UK you have the right to free health care from birth. This is not true everywhere.

I see. I presupposed that the equal rights where for a same country, otherwise they are obviously different in every country. The same goes for legal obligations. Some countries have compulsory conscription, others don't. The legal age for various things (right of drinking, getting married, driving, voting...) varies between countries too. A country like Belgium has compulsory voting for everyone, but most countries don't. In some countries some people have the right of abortion or euthanasia, but many also don't. So, just the country of one's nationality AND the country of one's residence affect our legal rights. Being a foreigner also gives different rights depending on the country (some countries allow them to vote, others don't). So, let's say that for the poll's purpose we will only consider citizens of the same country in living their home country. I know that some immigrants who cannot or don't want to take on the nationality of the country where they live are exceptions...

11-05-2007, 10:01 PM	#17
hLabXZlK Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 545 Senior Member	I knew I had forgotten to explain something in that previous post! Of course I don't think some people should have more rights than others, but depending on where you are born you might not have the same rights as someone born elsewhere, right? Independent of government everyone has the same rights, but we are not independent of government - for example, if you are born in the UK you have the right to free health care from birth. This is not true everywhere. I see. I presupposed that the equal rights where for a same country, otherwise they are obviously different in every country. The same goes for legal obligations. Some countries have compulsory conscription, others don't. The legal age for various things (right of drinking, getting married, driving, voting...) varies between countries too. A country like Belgium has compulsory voting for everyone, but most countries don't. In some countries some people have the right of abortion or euthanasia, but many also don't. So, just the country of one's nationality AND the country of one's residence affect our legal rights. Being a foreigner also gives different rights depending on the country (some countries allow them to vote, others don't). So, let's say that for the poll's purpose we will only consider citizens of the same country in living their home country. I know that some immigrants who cannot or don't want to take on the nationality of the country where they live are exceptions...
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