In terms of practical politics, isn't the universal right to suffrage a pretty
good defence against citizenship exams?
Adam Tickell, Geography, Southampton
> But to return to the issue of "rights to the city": the morally
> objectionable aspect is that claim rights are being formulated for about
> 2 billion people, most of whom will never even hear the expression in any
> language. I am inherently suspicious of that, especially if it is
> coupled to advocacy of "citizenship". And even more when I see what
> use is made of the citizenship discourse here in the Netherlands. That
> included a proposal, circulating inside the Dutch Labour Party, to abolish
> general suffrage, and replace it by a "citizenship exam" for those who
> wanted to vote.
>
> Paul Treanor
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