I never meant to imply logic has anything to do with it. Identity is often tied to emotion, property, location, etc.Endovelico wrote:Ask the Scots. It's all a matter of identity. If they feel they are one people, then they are one people and should be one nation and have one (sovereign) state. Logic has nothing to do with it...Simple Minded wrote:It will be interesting to see the results of the Scottish vote by region.
Will the parts of Scotland that border England vote yes or no more than the remote regions?
If the goal is independence, why should Scotland remain as one nation instead of several?
It will be interesting to watch the shifting definition of "we." Depending upon how the vote goes, will we start hearing about how the 60% are pressing the 40%, the Eastern Scots oppressing the Western Scots, the urban Scots oppressing the rural Scots, etc.