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Austria urged to revoke; Schwarzenegger's citizenship
Topic Started: Jan 22 2005, 10:57 PM (94 Views)
Sophie
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:shrug: what do you think?


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VIENNA (Reuters) - California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (news - web sites), a citizen of both the United States and Austria, should be stripped of Austrian citizenship for allowing a convicted murderer to be executed, an Austrian politician says.

Schwarzenegger rejected a clemency appeal by triple-murderer Donald Beardslee, which gave San Quentin prison the green light for California's first execution in three years on Wednesday.

"The death penalty is unacceptable in Austria and Europe. No Austrian citizen is allowed to take part in or order executions," Peter Pilz, the security spokesman for Austria's Green Party, told the Austrian Press Agency (APA) on Saturday.

Pilz, whose opposition Green Party is the smallest political group in parliament, said Schwarzenegger's support for the death penalty not only violates Austrian law but has damaged the country's image as a modern peace-loving nation.

"Schwarzenegger is probably the most prominent Austrian abroad and this creates an image of Austria overseas," he said.

Opinion polls routinely show that this Alpine nation of eight million overwhelmingly opposes the death penalty.

Pilz's campaign appeared to have little chance of success.

He quoted a section of the State Citizenship Act that allows the state to revoke citizenship if a person harms the state's interests in a grave way.

Pilz said that he sent a letter to the Austrian interior ministry formally demanding that Schwarzenegger's citizenship be revoked. Ministry officials were not available for comment.
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1. Arnold is extremely popular in Austria, in fact considered the second most
famous Austrian according to a recent poll.


2. California is not in Europe, it is in the USA where the death penalty is
legal in many states.

3. Like Arnold cares about what a "Green Party" politico pundit has to say
anyway..... or can you say "green with envy" perhaps.



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8247
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If I were the Governator, I'd tell Austria to go ahead and revoke my citizenship. As the Governor of California, hasnt he done that already?
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doctortobe
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I think that Austria has more to lose by losing Arnold then Arnold has to lose by losing Austria.
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Sophie
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Jan 22 2005, 11:16 PM
If I were the Governator, I'd tell Austria to go ahead and revoke my citizenship. As the Governor of California, hasnt he done that already?

I don't think he has. :shrug:
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Fesarius
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If Arnold were running in Australia, he would get at least two votes. ;)
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24thcenstfan
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doctortobe
Jan 23 2005, 01:23 AM
I think that Austria has more to lose by losing Arnold then Arnold has to lose by losing Austria.

I tend to agree with this. Austria gets a lot of good PR out of Schwarzenegger. They might want to shut their traps.
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Fesarius
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24,

Please tell that to CP and Somerled. LOL! J/K. ;)
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