Wait, so you're saying... you don't disagree that all people have a human right to participate in their own government?
That you only don't think all people should have the right to participate in all governments?
Eh? I didn't say not in their own government. I said that people who are not French citizens can't vote in the French elections, and it's not a violation of human rights that they can't. I didn't say that Russians shouldn't be able to vote in Russia.
Stop strawmanning my words.
Edit: to be clearer - being able to get involved in your own government is a human right. Being able to vote in the French elections is a civil right, reserved to French citizens.
All cats are animals, but not all animals are cats.
The thing is, I can't even understand where the claim that "being able to participate in other people's government is a human right" is coming from.
I think we're saying the same thing, but somehow we got our signals mixed up.
The problem is that you are being needlessly pedantic. Please stop...
Why is it pedantic to be confused by a naysayer who is twisting your words to say something you did not say or mean, and try to reclarify it? If someone accuses you of possibly playing language games to be obtuse, why is trying to clarify the issue considered pedantic?
Edit: it's also a bit weird to accuse someone of pedantry when the topic at hand is the subtlety of difference between terms ("what defines a human right as opposed to other rights").
I can't make out what your problem with my comment is.