Miss Kawaii remarks: 

> But YHIS country is even worse!  In 1982, the United States
> Supreme Court 
> held up a lower court decision that said that ALL
> transsexuals, whether they 
> are male-to-female, female-to-male, pre-op or post-op, are
> not legally human. 
>  (r.e. Karen Ulane vs. Eastern Airlines.)  Under their
> definition, someone 
> like Hitomi-San HAS no sex and is therefore NOT human.  This
> is why Federal 
> law refuses to give transsexuals equal rights and equal
> protection under the 
> law.  

I'm not really familiar with that one, and I'm too lazy to look
it up.  However, I doubt that these people have been denied
their basic rights and privileges.   People have been born
since time began with genetic aberrations that have caused them
to be (biologically) neuter humans.  I'm sure that these people
haven't been denied insurance, voting rights, or any other sort
of rights simply because of their birth defects.


> But...  If you follow history, you will KNOW that declaring a
> group of people 
> to be "non-human" is just the FIRST STEP to exterminating
> them.  This is why 
> I do not wish to be an American citizen.  There is NO liberty
> and justice for 
> all as long as ANY group of people are deprioved of their
> rights as human 
> beings, which are given to them by God, NOT the government. 
> I do not support 
> ANY government that takes away a person's humanity.

That much is true.  The Nazis took much the same steps, using
propaganda to influence people that the Jews were less than
human, allowing them to finally reach end result of the Jewish
Problem.

However, this isn't a problem isolated to the United States. 
Almost all nations are guilty of this, the Iraqis, the
Japanese, the people of South Africa, many of sub-Saharan
African countries, the USA, and most other 'civilized'
countries.

To assume that there are any god-given rights is folly, though.
 Rights are simply privileges, and different rights are awarded
by different peoples.  The US gives more than most countries.

Tell any child starving in Africa that s/he has the right to
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and they'll spit
in your face.  People have the rights their sovereign states
give them.  If they aren't happy with that, they should
recreate the state and/or take those rights.