The illegal immigrant situation I mentioned was not a smoke screen. It was a response to the idea that "guest" as I used it do not pay taxes...in other words, there were statements made by others that suggested that when the government expects one to pay taxes he/she is no longer a guest.
Ok, no smokescreen, but a straw man argument, then. Or would you prefer calling it non sequitur?
The fact is, you cite American illegal aliens who are currently undergoing scrutiny by the USA for their illegal status and the mistakes the govenment made to let them in and to pay taxes.
I'm not in the USA.
I'm not an illegal alien here.
I'm not living here courtesy of any mistake the government made.
Give it up.
Further, I recognized that you might have some just cause for feeling treated unfairly with those other government personnel being admitted without fingerprinting.
Sorry, but that didn't shine through, especially since you wrote comments like " i don't really care at all myself".
I for one trust the Japanese government well enough to at least ask the question: "Why?" and pay attention to see if there is a logical reason for it that validates the segregation. As we see when we consider the Korean special status, there may well be a very valid reason when considered in depth.
Forget the zainichi. I'm not one of them. Even if I let it go that they have any right to be exempt from the fingerprinting (I'm not saying I feel that way, just using it as a hypothetical to get to the real issues which you seem not to have read or understood in this very lengthy thread), then there are other reasons not to trust the MOJ here. If you don't know or understand that (and I suspect that is the case), then you have no business trying to defend the MOJ or your own ridiculous POV (which borders on trolling, if you really want to know my feeling).
"Citizenship in a nation-state confers an inalienable right of residence in that state, but residency of non-citizens is subject to conditions set by immigration law."
In other words, your residency is NOT inalienable. Thus, they can remove your from their country at their discretion, without evidence or proof. It is their right, because you, my friend, are a GUEST.
This is precisely the semantics I figured you'd spout. Agree to disagree on this one word and look at the rest of the situation from a
tax-paying resident's point of view, or leave this thread alone.
But you are, nonetheless, a guest. Not a citizen. An immigrant who has taken up residence in a country to which he is not a member,
Stop right there. I am a member of the community. You cannot say otherwise. I never claim to be a Japanese citizen, but I am a local citizen here. Legally, unlike the Mexicans our own President in the USA is dithering on showing certain rights or penalties.
You are a guest buddy, until you decide to join the team, and you are ALLOWED to stay there not granted the RIGHT to stay there.
Sorry, the government itself (by your definition from Wikipedia) gave me the right to reside here. I am a member of the "team". Just not a Japanese citizen.
You should recognize your actual status and appreciate them for allowing you to stay there at all. I would be.
To certain extents, I do appreciate the right to stay here. However, you clearly fail to understand the human rights abuses taken by the same government against foreigners. Until you learn that one simple point, we have nothing further to discuss. Let me educate you on this a bit by pointing you towards
www.debito.org . You don't have to digest the whole site. You'd retire by the time you did.