Those who have shown themselves unworthy of citizenship
Giorgio Agamben:
> The first introduction of such rules into the juridical order took place in France in
> 1915 with respect to naturalized citizens of ‘enemy’ origin; in 1922, Belgium
> followed the French example an revoked the naturalization of citizens who had
> committed ‘antinational’ acts during the war; in 1926, the fascist regime issued an
> analogous law with respect to citizens who had shown themselves to be ‘unworthy
> of Italian citizenship.’ … And one of the few rules to which the Nazis constantly
> adhered during the cause of the ‘Final Solution’ was that Jews could be sent to the
> extermination camps only after they had been fully denationalized (stripped even of
> the residual citizenship left to them after the Nuremburg laws).
> We have already powers to strip citizenship from those individuals with British or
> dual nationality who act in a way that is contrary to the interests of this country.
> We will now consult on extending these powers, applying them to naturalised
> citizens engaged in extremism and making the procedures simpler and more
> effective.
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it’s a good thing that we didn’t need to wait for a still slightly obscure italian aesthetician to make this fairly obvious point: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4126688.stm.
Comment by geo @ 8/6/2005 6:18 pm
And isn’t the MP’s response in that article bizarre: “I think he is playing into the hands of the far right who will use this as a further weapon to the people of the Muslim community.”
Comment by Tim @ 8/6/2005 9:23 pm