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19 sats \ 18 replies \ @Aardvark 31 Oct \ on: Do you OWN your name ? AskSN
I don't own my name in the physical sense, but I do have rights associated with my name. Only people with the same name as me have the right to use it for identification,
I also have the right to control how my name is used in terms of protecting my reputation slander/liable.
And no, I don't think there are any laws that force you to have a name, although I don't know how well you'd be able to participate in society without one.
although I don't know how well you'd be able to participate in society without one.
Is there any law that force me to "participate in a society" ?
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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.
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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?
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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?
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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" ?
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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.
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Can a state be sovereign? Who is this "State" ?
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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.
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a state that has authority over a territory.
And WHO gives that authority to a state?
What does it means the word "authority" ?
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legally be forced
Another term that is ambiguous. How can you be "forced" by a law (aka contract) that you never consent it?
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That's easy. Someone with a bigger stick than you decides what the law is, and if you break it, they hit you with that stick. Whoever has the biggest stick makes the laws.
You can certainly argue about the morality of how laws are created and enforced, but i wouldn't argue too much with the guy holding the stick 😉
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