If you were banished from your home country and given a passport for the country of your choice, where would you go and why?
Oh that’s easy! Why? I left already! I don’t live in the US now but still own property there.My choices would be;The PhilippinesJapanNew ZealandAustraliaCanadaI choose the Philippines first because I already own property there and have been going there since 1987. I have a great relationship with many Filipino families and the people are amazing. While the country still has problems, I’m able to live a lifestyle that I would not be able to live in the US, for much less. For example, I would be able to maintain a 4000 sq ft home with a maid, chef, driver and groundskeeper on my retirement salary alone.Japan would be next because I was stationed there for 5 years and thought it was an amazing country. Technology is at the forefront. They’re not governed by religion and religious ideology plays no role in their laws. They’re a very family oriented, hard working society and they have engineering skills that are second to none.New Zealand would be next due to the amazing people there. I know some really amazing Kiwi’s and they are some of the most loving and caring people on the planet. Down to Earth, warm, compassionate, intelligent and representative of what people should be. It’s a beautiful country with a variety of environments and cultures. I would fit in nicely there.Australia because it is a large country, can be viewed as having states, and the people are great. Of course some of them can be jerks but for the most part, they’re wonderful. It is a place of great culture and has everything the US has to offer. I could find lots of adventure there.I put Canada last because it does get cold there but the Canadian people are amazing. They disagree with dignity. They’re not pretentious. They are loving, caring, friendly, hard working and fun to be with. They have good food and good sports. Being in Canada is like going to a country that figured out what the US is supposed to be.I’ll go back to the US because my family is there but once my parents are no longer here, more than likely the US will be a place that I visit.
Why does the whole world not becomes just one nation?
If you go into human history and civilization then we find a very common thing that we have seen many good hearted kings but there have always been a fear from evil minded kings because they want there boundaries to be unlimited, thousands of years before people used to consider Oceans as the end of the World, but they learnt that World is actually round and it actually never ends, end is the new beginning. So there have always been a War in this World between two kingdoms, or two nations.People with different background, culture, ideology, taste, mindset cannot make this whole world as one nation. It is possible but only in the minds of people. In actual it is very difficult not impossible because common man doesn’t have any War with anyone.There have been many people who have thought of One World, One Government and One Currency. But I think in present day condition it is not possible.
I'm a gay guy living in India, and the society and politics aren't very LGBT-friendly, to say the least. Can I seek asylum in another nation? What is the process?
I don't know about the asylum process in detail, but I know that Britain does accept people who are at imminent risk of homophobic attack when seeking asylum. I don't think India is likely to be considered high-risk enough that the immigration authorities here in Britain would accept an asylum appeal on the grounds of homophobic abuse from someone living in India.I do know that LGBT asylum seekers to Britain have faced tough and humiliating, often completely inappropriate, personal questioning that borders on homophobic abuse itself, which is something I find shameful as a citizen (people come to this country to escape homophobic persecution and our immigration authorities dole out a load of homophobic abuse back to them). Immigration officers acting on behalf of the British government have asked LGBT asylum seekers intimate questions about their sex life, asked them to provide explicit sexual photos and emails/texts to prove that the person is or has been in a same-sex relationship.If you are thinking about applying for asylum, it is not a simple or straightforward process. Talk to someone who has gone through it and/or a legal expert with direct expertise with asylum processes.One of the things the asylum decision makers would look into is whether Section 377 is being enforced and whether its existence enables the blackmail or harassment of LGB people including you as an individual. Evidence of harassment, blackmail or abuse is what you'd need to be able to show to claim asylum.