Statelessness has dire consequences - those who achieve should feel
grateful that their governments usually cannot be bothered to
recognise that achievement.
There is no particular contradiction in having laws in common with
the state while attempting to live outside it, so long as you accept
those laws as reasonable and applicable. I might decline to
contribute to the debacle in Iraq, as the state requires me to, but
agree wholeheartedly that murder is not a good idea at all. Of
course, selective obedience is intolerable to a state.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 24/07/2007, at 2:22 PM, Jan Steinman wrote:
> Of course, it can be said that living outside the state while
> voluntarily obeying even some of the laws of the state is just too
> much of a contradiction. I guess it all depends on your goals. As I
> said, being stateless simply for the principle, while rubbing it in
> the eye of the state and suffering the consequences, seems like a
> Phyrric victory to me. There should be a goal, a reason, other than
> thumping what's left of your chest and crying, "I have arrived at
> statelessness!"
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