0 sats \ 13 replies \ @nullama 16h \ parent \ on: Do you OWN your name ? AskSN
Usually, yes, but it's opt-in.
When a person is born, the parents usually register the baby in the country.
That makes the new person participate in a society as a citizen of that country. The parents have to sign a legal document to make it so.
Of course it was not the decision of the baby in this case, and the baby can, at some point in the future, if they decide to, remove their own citizenship.
Unless you were born in Argentina, which is the only country that doesn't allow the removal of their citizenship.
What is a "citizenship" ?
When a person is born, the parents usually register the baby in the country.
Is not this a violation of a basic right, freedom of association?
reply
reply
So, in other words that forced "association" without consent became null, void.
In other words, nobody can force you to do anything without your consent, right?
reply
reply
The parents are the legal guardians of the child
Why do you keep saying "legal" and not "natural" ?
What is the meaning of the word "parent" ?
reply
Legal guardian is a more broad term that includes natural guardian:
A minor child's parents are the child's natural guardians
What is the meaning of the word "parent" ?
A parent in this case refers to either the progenitor of a child or the adoptive parent.
reply
Here is the meaning of the word parent: #527852
reply
Note: It should be noted that a named living person has not claimed guardianship and therefore responsibility over the child.
Sure, if a person in the middle of the wilderness has a kid, then yeah, like any other animal, there's no responsibility over the child.
But in a particular society, there are rules, and they protect the kid for example so that the parents have responsibilities over the child if it is born in that country.
By using the word parent you are implicitly assuming a society. Language is not created in a vacuum. It needs a society.
reply
Can a state be sovereign? Who is this "State" ?
reply
Can a state be sovereign?
Yes. A sovereign state is a state that has authority over a territory.
Who is this "State" ?
There are hundreds of different states currently in the world, each one of them with different rules. For example, in some of them you don't get citizenship by simply being born there, you need to have extra requirements, like your parents being permanent residents or citizens themselves first.
reply
a state that has authority over a territory.
And WHO gives that authority to a state?
What does it means the word "authority" ?
reply