Re: "too much trouble to go to the polls", WTF!? (was Re: Compulsory

On 2005-12-06, Zev Sero <zev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Kevin J. Maroney wrote:
>> In the US, "citizenship" once gained is a right, but the conditions
>> under which it can be revoked or denied are legally defined.
>
> Since it is a right, it can *never* be revoked. It can only be
> voluntarily relinquished.

Ah, just like the right to keep and bear firearms can never be revoked,
even after conviction of a crime.

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Aaron Denney
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