Not a good deal. It was a badly crafted decision.
Does soil make a citizen or is it immersion in a culture? Do I become a native of a country because I happened to be in their airspace for 45 minutes or is it where I was raised? More importantly, does a country deserve a claim on my life and labor because of the incident of birth or is it with the friends and family that raised me and their affiliations?
These are fundamental questions of citizenship and volition that the entitlement to indenture the crown exerted ignored with its claim of belonging to the soil. I don't think we wish to go there, especially when "the king" is a dependent and democratic majority. It reeks of the road to serfdom.
‘Does soil make a citizen or is it immersion in a culture?’
Immersion in the culture. And frankly, many escapees from communist nations make the very best citizens, such as Dezi Arnez [sic?] — husband in ‘I Love Lucy’. He secretly supported the CIA against communism.
But who to trust and not to trust?
FRegards ....
Trying to take Glenn Beck seriously for a moment ...
Beck Pleads Cruz Rally To Accept Even ‘Marxist Atheists’ Because ‘They Renew Us’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3387884/posts
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Constitutional considerations aside for a moment, it is great that Cruz’ father assimilated so profoundly.
But that would not have engender trust in Cruz’ father. His son, however? Yes. Massive trust.
At the same time, some incredibly dangerous wackos failed to assmilite here, such as ...
... the Frankfurt School
... Emma Goldman [who triggered the McKinley assassination]
... Berkman [who tried to kill Carnegie’s business partner].
[Also note the actual battle Goldman and Berkman were involved in between a union and a steel company.]