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Scottish independence: 5 reasons yes is winning
theguardian.com ^
| 4 September 2014
| Mike Small
Posted on 09/06/2014 1:59:54 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Can’t blame them for wanting independence from the crown.
I wouldn’t want to pay homage to King Chuckles after his Mum passes either.
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posted on
09/06/2014 4:37:05 PM PDT
by
gdzla
To: gdzla
Same here; I thought being an independent Sovereign Nation was the whole point of the United States. We should as conservatives be more supportive in their right to determine their own independent future.
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posted on
09/06/2014 4:48:50 PM PDT
by
CorporateStepsister
(I am NOT going to force a man to make my dreams come true)
To: humblegunner
Hmmm. Good point. England and Scotland shared different kings in the same person for a hundred years. Would/could Queen Elizabeth remain Scotland's monarch on independence?
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posted on
09/06/2014 4:49:17 PM PDT
by
Jacquerie
(Article V. If not now, when?)
To: Jonty30
Texas was a country before it became a state. Wonder if the feds would deploy troops to prevent any states that wanted to leave the US from doing so? Its not like it hasn’t happened before...
To: FredZarguna
Britain is my country, and I don’t want it split apart just because one part of it tends to vote against my political views.
To: sinsofsolarempirefan
You’d have to give the hero of Benghazi time to develop a strategy
To: CorporateStepsister
Britain IS a country. How about giving Texas independence then? It was also a country before it became a state, as was Hawaii. Would you support them going it alone?
To: gdzla
Salmond has already said that they are keeping the monarchy even if they vote ‘Yes’, so no, they wouldn’t.
To: Berlin_Freeper
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
- H. L. Mencken
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posted on
09/06/2014 5:00:39 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Country Songs Don't Have Happy Endings" - http://youtu.be/W93nc95j1KY)
To: Billthedrill
Their country, their social experiment. Either way it goes I wish them the best. The power of self-determination includes the power to make mistakes. Look, for example, how the last two U.S. Presidential elections turned out. Wish we could vote for independence.
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posted on
09/06/2014 5:05:49 PM PDT
by
DiogenesLamp
(Partus Sequitur Patrem)
To: The Bat Ladys Husband
...That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Yeah, I think Abraham Lincoln abolished that Idea, at least in this country.
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posted on
09/06/2014 5:09:02 PM PDT
by
DiogenesLamp
(Partus Sequitur Patrem)
To: sinsofsolarempirefan
Britain is my country, and I dont want it split apart just because one part of it tends to vote against my political views. The US is mine, and I very much want to split off from the STARK RAVING INSANE parts.
120 trillion dollars in unfunded mandates? 16 trillion in acknowledged debt?
I didn't run it up, and I don't want to pay it.
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posted on
09/06/2014 5:15:13 PM PDT
by
DiogenesLamp
(Partus Sequitur Patrem)
To: sinsofsolarempirefan
re: Texas and Hawaii going it alone. The federal gov is way out of control. If going it alone would be the only way to get the feds to butt out of things that should be states' rights, I'd say DO IT !
The US Senate is fast becoming one of the most destructive organizations in the history of the world. If a few states voted vor independence, they might get the message.
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posted on
09/06/2014 5:15:13 PM PDT
by
grania
To: sinsofsolarempirefan
Britain IS a country. How about giving Texas independence then? It was also a country before it became a state, as was Hawaii. Would you support them going it alone? In a freakin heartbeat.
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posted on
09/06/2014 5:16:35 PM PDT
by
DiogenesLamp
(Partus Sequitur Patrem)
To: Berlin_Freeper; GeronL; gaijin; RushIsMyTeddyBear; agere_contra; miss marmelstein; ...
IF Scotland breaks away from the U.K. you WILL see other major succession movements in the world grow.
The U.K. is one of the very top tier countries on Earth. If other succession movements see it work in the U.K. than it will be a signal that it can work where they are at.
Also more immediate, if the Referendum passes you will see a secessionist/reunification vote in Northern Ireland faster than you can say "Ulster Scot".
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posted on
09/06/2014 5:23:13 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
To: expat2
Some of the stones from Hadrian's Wall were removed in the 1740s to build a military road when England was about to be invaded by Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops.
Scotland and England were separate kingdoms with the same monarch from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1707. In theory the Scots could ask Elizabeth II to remain as their queen (she is Elizabeth I to Scots). Or they could pick the person with the best genealogical claim to the throne (I think that would be the head of the House of Wittelsbach). Or they could become a republic.
To: gasport
guess that means bill clinton will be running scotland soon. /s
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posted on
09/06/2014 6:00:34 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
The effect this will have on Northern Ireland will be intense.
To: Berlin_Freeper
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posted on
09/06/2014 8:42:40 PM PDT
by
sopwith
(LIVE FREE OR DIE)
To: KC_Lion
Maybe Texas and some other states can secede... is Kansas with me or not? I like bread ya know.
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posted on
09/06/2014 9:06:55 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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