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vossssov: I think your comment is utterly wrong. Citizenship in any country is a privilege, not a right. To be given that privilege you must fulfill certain conditions. In the US, you must have a cursory understanding of US history, civics, and politics. Basically you have to prove your Americanness in a way that's compatible with what we as Americans think of ourselves. Same thing goes for the French. They are not discriminating against sex, religion, or race, but are affirming the woman's unFrenchness - which she herself preserved. Why bestow the privilege of French citizenship on someone who does not want to embrace French culture and did not make an effort to understand French values? Basically she didn't want to be French, she just wanted the French citizenship.
The victim argument doesn't hold water either. She doesn't claim injury in any of her fillings. For the Court to assume that her psyche was somehow hurt by her own cultural practices would be nothing short of prejudiced. It would basically criminalize her cultural background.
