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From: BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] 12 year old British born girl punished for celebrating British culture
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On Jul 20, 2025 at 1:54:01 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

> On 7/20/2025 4:22 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>  moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>  On 7/20/2025 2:21 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>>>  On Jul 20, 2025 at 11:20:16 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>  On 7/20/2025 1:37 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>>>>>  On Jul 20, 2025 at 8:08:39 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>  On 7/19/2025 6:16 PM, Rhino wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>  Once again, you interject an observation that is not on topic or even
>>>>>>>>  comprehensible to normal people. I don't know where you come up with
>>>>>>>>  these. I can only assume this is some bizarre way of proving how wise
>>>>>>>>  and worldly you think you are.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>  Example:  Someone who's "proud to be an American" likely had little
>>>>>>>  choice in the matter and thus has little basis for pride.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  Of course they have a choice. No one's stopping anyone from leaving and
>>>>>>  renouncing their citizenship.
>>>>> 
>>>>>  "...had..."
>>>> 
>>>>  No one was stopping anyone from leaving and renouncing their citizenship in
>>>>  the past, either.
>>> 
>>>  Says little about pride.  Most live in the state where they were born.
>>  
>>  That doesn't mean they have no choice in the matter.
> 
> True, if I tell you at gunpoint to eat wasps, you still have a choice...

Yes, because people are being held at gunpoint and prevented from leaving
their state of birth.

Great analogy!