jhbmike wrote:By the way First-Class Moron are you one of these people of whom I speak about the tarmac incident! Must be as you seem to be the only person taking umbrage to the statement. Truth must hurt.
I make no apoligies for the statement and resent the peolple that did this to get an easy path into Ireland which forced the Irish to have a referedum and change the law, meaning my son, who has never even been to Africa and who is born in Dublin is not Irish at the moment and I have to be inconvenienced by having to go down the naturalisation path for him.
So f#### u!
jhbmike,
IMHO, the people you referred to (though I think your argument might have been better substantiated by facts/verifiable figures) are not responsible for making the Irish law as it was, or as it is now. It is the responsibility of each state to make and amend its law as it deems fit.
I do not know which of the African countries you came from but It is highly unlikely that if a non national of that country gives birth to a child there, they will automatically have citizenship right. So why jumping on the high horse about your child? You are not the only one who have to live with the eventuality of the change to that immigration provision. I know a lot of FIRST GENERATION Irish citizens (Born and Bred here by the way) who have to go through a lot of rigorous verification before they can get passports for their children. We don't see them getting personally insulting about it.
It is quite interesting that you appear to want the best for your child which is what every parents want so why being derogatory ( a la "
babies falling literally on the tarmac") about other people pursuing the best for their own babies.
If you are interested in a little bit of fact, you may want to have a look at the number of people from all over the world (and yes, that includes 3rd generation "irish" who couldn't get automatic Irish citizenship here) who go to America and Canada every year to have their children. Should we line them up and shoot them?
You made a conscious effort at a time to migrate to Ireland and you chosed a pathway to pursue that because the Irish immigration system makes that provision available for you. So making a judgement on whether a pathway is easy or difficult is hypocrisy IMO. The people in question did not do anything illegal did they? Well except denying your child his 'right'. One which even you the parent, couldn't automatically get..............And No, the African pregnant women are not responsible for you not getting automatic citizenship right from having an Irish grandmother so get over it.
