wrote on 29 jun 2013 in soc.genealogy.britain: > I'm afraid I don't understand the point you are trying to make. I am so sorry. > We are discussing Charlie Henry's conscription in 1917. In a usenet discussion-group you cannot confine the discussion to what you think it should be, especially if you make an error of thinking. Capturing the "we" as opposed to "you" only makes this worse. You are not the owner of a discussion, even if you are the OP. > Whether British law in 1917 called Charlie Henry a British citizen or > subject is a semantic irrelevancy Perhaps in your eyes, even if your error is only semantic, the premisse you submitted still is wrong. > - the point is that he wasn't an American citizen. Indeed, you still seem to think that being a citizen of another country defines one not being an us-citizen, quod non. Multiple nationalities and people without any nationality do exist. -- Evertjan. The Netherlands. (Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)