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台灣的國籍法規定必須喪失原有國籍始得取得台灣國籍 Taiwan's nationality law says one must give up one's original citizenship if one wants to obtain Taiwan citizenship:
外國人依第三條至第七條申請歸化者， 應提出喪失其原有國籍之證明。 但能提出因非可歸責當事人事由， 致無法取得該證明並經外交機關查證屬實者， 不在此限。
An alien who is naturalized in accordance with the provisions of Articles 3 to 7 shall submit a certificate to prove the loss of his (her) original nationality. However, this does not include cases in which responsibility for failing to obtain a certificate does not rest with the person and that the reason for failure has been verified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
何為「可歸責當事人事由」？ What is "responsibility rests with the person"?: 如不想交贖金。 Like not wishing to give ransom money.
政府逼妳放棄原國籍與丈夫「保管」 （沒收）妳的護照都一貫沒兩樣。 The government forcing you to give up your original citizenship, and your husband "safeguarding" (confiscating) your passport: it's all the same logic.
加入台灣族必須刻此不可逆轉之刀痕， 烙此不可磨滅之印。 此國籍割禮該淘汰。 To become a member of the Taiwanese, one carve this irreversible scar, burn this indelible brand. This nationality circumcision ceremony should be tossed in the dumpster.
怪不得多年連萬分之一的居台美籍人士也不敢「歸化」。 請比較他族群的統計。 另比較移入美國統計， 不是最後都能成公民嗎？ No wonder most years not even 1/10000 of the U.S. residents in Taiwan dare to apply for Taiwanese citizenship. Compare that with the statistics of other groups. Compare also US Immigration statistics. Don't those who get US permanent residency also get naturalization?
因為除了兩三個國家外， 台灣實質上不給身分證。 搞了個無形排外門檻。 So the Taiwan government must have some law, which of course on the surface looks fair, but causes effective discrimination, preventing some groups from getting their ID cards.
勞民傷財， 人民與政府的， 只製造很多手續， 都為了什麼？ What a waste for both people and governments. Just makes lots of red tape, and all for what?
惟其又不敢限制自己台灣人增加多少他國國籍。 此單向限制獨創世界國籍法奇蹟。 However the law dares not limit the number of citizenships Taiwanese themselves can have -- a double standard unique among the world's nationality laws.
And there is even a unique upside-down mutuality clause 國籍法第九條: 互惠之相反 if the immigrant to Taiwan's original country allows dual citizenship, Taiwan doesn't. But if it doesn't, Taiwan does!
故我們只能作「一等的二等國民」， 亦即拿台灣的外僑永久居留證。 So the best one can do is be a "first class second-class citizen": get Taiwan's Permanent Resident card.
假如美國國會立了個「互不惠」條款， 針對絕對比我們多的台灣到美國的移民， 要求其放棄台灣國籍。 What if the U.S. Congress made a retaliatory law directed at the much more numerous Taiwanese immigrants to the USA, asking them to give up their Taiwanese citizenship. 自作自受。 A taste of Taiwan's own medicine. I wonder what 台灣人公共事務會（FAPA） 會怎看 would have to say?
放棄原國籍後欲見父母必申請簽證， 萬一資格不符？ 再也見不到！ If one gives up one's original citizenship and wishes to visit one's parents, one must apply for a visa. And what if one does not qualify? You'll never see them again!
但若不放棄原國籍， 有幾項土地無法繼承其承租或所有權： 家沒了！ But if one does not give up their original citizenship, one cannot inherit leases or titles to some classes of property: lose your home!
"making it illegal to discriminate against people based on nationality 以國籍歧視... the government will no longer have this excuse to deport non-nationals who take part in assemblies or public demonstrations... scrap regulations dating back to the martial law era ... These rules make a mockery of the fact that many Taiwanese possess citizenship of other countries "
...without discrimination of any kind as to race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. ( 台灣欲入聯合國 Taiwan wants to join the UN.)
International_Covenant_on_Civil_and_Political_Rights#Article_26; 中文 International_Covenant_on_Economic%2C_Social_and_Cultural_Rights#Article_2; 中文
Racial_discrimination； 中文; Adverse_impact; Institutionalized_discrimination; Nonperson; Systemic_bias !!; Oppression#Internalized_oppression; Separate_but_equal
雙重或無：新抗議想法。 Give me dual nationality or give me none.
為了呼籲立法委員修法我或許能如下做：
I have an idea for a protest. It involves sacrificing myself, Dan Jacobson, in an effort to get the Taiwan legislators to repeal the dual nationality restriction, Article 9.
我先放棄原國籍， 惟遲遲不再去申領台灣籍， 一直到惡法修完為止。
The idea is that I would go thru the usual procedure to acquire Taiwan nationality: first give up original nationality, then apply and receive Taiwan nationality. However, I would quit in the middle, refusing to take the second step of acquiring Taiwan nationality.
犧牲我自己， 若能為最後犧牲者。
I would refuse to acquire Taiwan nationality all the way till the day the legislators finally repeal the dual nationality restriction, so nobody ever again has to give up their original nationality in order to acquire Taiwan nationality.
沒錯， 最後我會有一個台灣籍， 零個美國籍。
Yes, when it is all over I would have 1 Taiwan nationality and 0 USA nationality.
其間或許必歷多年無國籍日子。
As the above involves me enduring possibly many years of having no nationality at all, what is the worst thing that could happen to me? I am currently a Taiwan Permanent Resident.
Could the Taiwan authorities kick me out of the country? That is my Achilles Heel, because my whole protest idea is based on me being able to do this in a leisurely way, i.e., no detention or deportation.
只怕遭驅逐如數千越南新娘， 就不好玩了。
Indeed, having no more US citizenship should hopefully protect me against deportation to the US: they wouldn't take me... Oops, that's not what happened to the thousands of brides, back in Vietnam but stateless.
Oh well, that is all the ideas I have come up with so far.
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