At sixteen...
Sixteen is the age at which you can, as a law-abiding citizen, do many things that you won’t, as a God’s-law-abiding Christian, do. In other words, my brother has just turned sixteen and won’t be having sex or getting drunk frequently (with a meal, of course). Aged eighteen, I have of course also not been doing these things for two years. I’m sure I’ll write an entry at some point why it’s not out of a fun-killing sense of duty that we don’t do these things (but rather a fun-loving appreciation of God’s wisdom and genius), but for now, I’ll just wish David a happy birthday!
Matthew @ 16:44, April 7, 2005 to Miscellaneous | Comments (7)
Comments:
D. Selby
If you live in Britain, you are a subject, not a citizen. Citizens are people of republics. Subjects are people of monarchies, as we have.
Comment added at 18:57, April 7, 2005
Matthew
Suckage! Yet another reason to become a republic.
(checks)
Hang on a minute, no, I am a citizen. I could also be a subject but I’m definitely a citizen (of both the UK and the EU). See aquisition of British citizenship at Wikipedia.
Comment added at 16:55, April 8, 2005
Cat
Oh and I was just waiting for him to turn 16!
I’ll behave :(
Comment added at 22:26, April 8, 2005
Matthew
Scary(!)
Comment added at 20:41, April 9, 2005
Sheepie
Um…?
Comment added at 21:34, April 9, 2005
Mr E
A citizen can just be someone who lives in a city.
Comment added at 12:54, April 16, 2005
Matthew
Only on this blog would you find such pedantry in the comments! Well… you know what I mean.
Comment added at 13:57, April 16, 2005
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