Passports

[Noel Kelly]

What does "Citizen" really mean?
It seems to me that my living and owning a home in Anaheim, California makes me a 'citizen' of Anaheim, and probably of California, but not of the USA.

[happy daze john in oz]

Well I consider myself to be a citizen of the world.
It all depends on which country you live in.
Most democracies would consider you to be a citizen, but in others just a number.

[James Curry]

#116 you post, A brave man ref:to walking the streets of London , 131 murders in 2020 a slight increase in 2021 to 133. Not great but considering 8.8 million people live in London!!!

Palm Beach County recorded its second-highest number of homicide deaths in the past decade during 2021, totaling 109 for the year, Palm Beach County Medical Examiner and law-enforcement records show.

West Palm Beach had 22 homicides, the most of any municipality.

Considering that the population of Palm beach county is 1.5 million!!
Think I would feel safer walking about in any UK city than Palm beach County.

There were a total of 1,290 murders in Florida in 2020, or 5.9 for every 100,000 people.

My point is the UK media would like people to believe we are all about to be murdered in our beds. When the truth is the UK is still a relatively a safe place to live.

[j.sabourn]

#121..Dictionary for Citizen ….A native or naturalised member of a State or Nation.
Naturalised….To give citizenship to a person born in another country. JS

[j.sabourn]

Someone from the UK sent me a photograph of their new dog the other day. It’s mainly black and brown with a small white area, so they’ve called it Birmingham. JS

[happy daze john in oz]

Then we have the use of the word 'indigenous' when speaking of our Aboriginal friends, but the word means any one born in or native to a country.
So all born here in Oz fit that description.

AS to murder rates, not that bad for UK considering the numbers and where 'some' of the population come from.

Back in 2019 we were on a bridge in London when some guy pulled a knife and killed the other one.
Papers claimed that year some 90 people were murdered and some 95% with a knife.

[Johnny Kieran]

It's all about culture, embrace it, it's ours now. I see Idris Elba is against jailing "anyone" found with a knife, because some only carry them for protection.

[j.sabourn]

#127 Who is Idris Elba ? I bought some of those cultured Pearls and earrings from Japan when courting the wife, come to think of it haven’t seen her wearing for years , would they do embracing the culture, I’ll get her to wear them that should do it. That’s me done my bit for prosterity . JS

[Johnny Kieran]

#127 Who is Idris Elba ? I bought some of those cultured Pearls and earrings from Japan when courting the wife, come to think of it haven’t seen her wearing for years , would they do embracing the culture, I’ll get her to wear them that should do it. That’s me done my bit for prosterity . JS

He's a British actor, and usually talks a lot of sense.
What I do, and have always done if I'm afraid I might get mugged, stabbed, or generally attacked in any way, is avoid those areas and people altogether.

[j.sabourn]

Even 50 years ago in the uk it was Illegal to carry a blade in public more than 6 inches long. I think even Boy Scouts sheath knives never exceeded such. I a few years ago when active in certain Orders had to carry swords for indoor ritual purposes but had to be in a case. You would certainly have been stopped by any police officer and asked for an explanation and that was in Australia. JS .