What I love most about America...? by FAR... The People !

[Elyzabeth]

That seems to be he case.

 

[Denise1952]

Time to call a truce, I think. I also think that with the traditions of free and frank speech we all enjoy in the Anglosphere, there is no need to be upset by anything someone else says on line.

I will continue to make observations about any country on this planet. I will try to be polite but I won't be coerced into silence. Nor should anyone else. Let's not start a shooting war over a bit of criticism. We're all supposed to be friends and allies.

That's the way I see it Dame, I've never disliked another country, only the things that have happened against America, and that wasn't the "whole" country that came against us. There are good folks in every country and there are also pinheads in every country. It's the same online, and I hope I always stand up for what I believe to be right, and against what I believe to be wrong. I don't care where a person is from when it comes to standing for right, or standing against wrong.

 

[Denise1952]

At the risk of introducing another red herring, I'm intrigued by this statement.
As I understand it, if I were to apply for US citizenship I would have to renounce my Australian citizenship.
I understand this is what Rupert Murdoch did. I may be wrong, of course.

Are you telling me that an American citizen can take out citizenship of a foreign country and still retain US citizenship?
Is this a recent development or has it always been this way?

I don't know about any "foreign country"?


You are permitted to have dual citizenship in both the US and UK.
Not easy , but it can be done.

I don't know about that, I will have to google it, LOL! I doubt it though, I don't think any of our famous stars that come from Australia have given up there citizenship, to become US Citizens? Interesting

 

[Warrigal]

Mel Gibson is an interesting case. Originally American by birth, he came to Australia aged 12 but he has never held Australian nationality (ref: WikiAnswers). He first studied acting in New Zealand, later at NIDA . He now holds dual American and Irish nationality. His family background is rather complex.

Gibson was born the sixth of eleven children, and the second son of Hutton Gibson and Irish-born Anne Patricia (née Reilly, died 1990).[SUP][[/SUP] His paternal grandmother was opera contralto Eva Mylott (1875–1920), who was born in Australia, to Irish parents, while his paternal grandfather had English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh ancestry. One of Gibson's younger brothers, Donal, is also an actor. Gibson's first name comes from Saint Mel, fifth-century Irish saint, and founder of Gibson's mother's native diocese, Ardagh, while his second name, Colm-Cille, is also shared by an Irish saint and is the name of the parish in County Longford where Gibson's mother was born and raised. Because of his mother, Gibson holds dual Irish and American citizenship.