Originally Posted by
RecQuery
You should seriously look at other countries or regions that broke away. The same arguments or variations of them were used there, as far back as you'd want to go the same core arguments are there.
Can you give some examples, similar to our situation?
Originally Posted by
RecQuery
Finally Scotlands 'share' of the national debt, which we never had any say in to begin with. To use the relationship analogy one last time. It's like one partner buying something for themselves to use but putting it in your name and expecting you to still pay for it but not have control of it should you ever breakup.
The Scottish people had the same say as everybody else in the UK.
You can use your analogies about divorcing people all day long, but, as far as debt is concerned, it is divided equally in any divorce. Scotland can't afford it.
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; Nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
- Charles de Gaulle
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