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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread
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To: Neocon who wrote (9947)6/15/2001 3:26:34 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (1) of 59480
 
Probably about three-quarters of the original thirteen considered secession at one time or another- -which I would consider a strong indication that they considered it a legal, acceptable, and constitutional route.

The best-known to have done so are, of course, the Southern states at the beginning of the Civil War. But they did not open this issue: the first states to consider secession were the New England states during the War of 1812. They did so because they were economically dependent on the textile trade with Great Britain - very close to the situation of the South about 50 years later. Because of this I find these Northern states opposition to secession in the 1860's to be simply hypocritical.

And there is another more fundamental issue here: Even if your argument is correct, is it the position that the nation that holds itself forth as the beacon of democracy should be taking? Is this a democracy or is this an empire held together at gunpoint?

Even our arch-enemy for 50 years, the Soviet Union, did better than this.
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