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Re:U.K. Plans Citizenship for Hong Kong Residents in Row wit... by hyko on Friday May 29, 2020 @08:03AM (#23348947)
I fully concede that you know more about Puerto Rico and its politics than I do, however the point I’m making is not really diminished by that.

What I’m saying is, there should be no option of quasi-citizenship. Either you enjoy all the rights and responsibilities of full citizenship, or you don’t.

We’ve already settled this argument long ago so it’s just a question of whether we’ll fairly enforce the conclusion we came to: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-class_citizen

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Re:U.K. Plans Citizenship for Hong Kong Residents in Row wit... by VWWHFSfQ on Friday May 29, 2020 @08:41AM (#23349248)
It's the Puerto Rican people themselves that are balking at the idea of "full citizenship" though. Because that comes with it all kinds of other things like increased tax liabilities, social service responsiblities, jury duty, etc, etc. They've demonstrated repeatedly that they prefer their "quasi-citizenship" by boycotting the referendum vote.
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Re:U.K. Plans Citizenship for Hong Kong Residents in Row wit... by ryandrake on Friday May 29, 2020 @03:47PM (#23354655)
What's the purpose of boycotting a vote vs. just voting "no"?
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