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Scottish Independence

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 12:41 am
by Atreyu
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-YkLPxQp_y0
Thoughts?

This is where we bash the English.
Or adulate them.
Ready, set, no!

Re: Scottish Independence

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 12:59 am
by ZEB 99
if Scotland wants to be independent (like us) let them do it

Re: Scottish Independence

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 2:34 am
by Conduit
good thing they didnt
they really dont gain anything from being independent, but they lose plenty
firstly, no pound. making a new currency is very expensive. Example? When Greece switched to the euro.
Bankruptcy would have been imminent
Also, with the UK militaty presence in scotland, with independence, they'd have to move everything out
bye bye atleast 100k jobs, which wouldnt help the bankruptcy situation
on the topic of military, scotland doesn't wouldn't have one when gone independent

a bankrupt, defenseless country, but hey, patriotism!
gj scotland you've made the smart choice

Re: Scottish Independence

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:43 am
by Vezok
Conduit wrote:
good thing they didnt
they really dont gain anything from being independent, but they lose plenty
firstly, no pound. making a new currency is very expensive. Example? When Greece switched to the euro.
Bankruptcy would have been imminent
Also, with the UK militaty presence in scotland, with independence, they'd have to move everything out
bye bye atleast 100k jobs, which wouldnt help the bankruptcy situation
on the topic of military, scotland doesn't wouldn't have one when gone independent

a bankrupt, defenseless country, but hey, patriotism!
gj scotland you've made the smart choice
Almost none of that is accurate. They'd still be allied with the UK, they'd be part of NATO, they actually would have still used the pound. Its also stupid that you're implying that there'd be an armed incursion by some power into a core NATO country, especially one that the US would have recognized. Besides, they'd say that they have the right to fail on their own.

In all honesty, just with the sole existence of the vote Scotland will largely get more independence, to which most Scots still consider this a victory.

Re: Scottish Independence

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 3:38 pm
by Warp
Vezok wrote:
Conduit wrote:
good thing they didnt
they really dont gain anything from being independent, but they lose plenty
firstly, no pound. making a new currency is very expensive. Example? When Greece switched to the euro.
Bankruptcy would have been imminent
Also, with the UK militaty presence in scotland, with independence, they'd have to move everything out
bye bye atleast 100k jobs, which wouldnt help the bankruptcy situation
on the topic of military, scotland doesn't wouldn't have one when gone independent

a bankrupt, defenseless country, but hey, patriotism!
gj scotland you've made the smart choice
Almost none of that is accurate. They'd still be allied with the UK, they'd be part of NATO, they actually would have still used the pound. Its also stupid that you're implying that there'd be an armed incursion by some power into a core NATO country, especially one that the US would have recognized. Besides, they'd say that they have the right to fail on their own.

In all honesty, just with the sole existence of the vote Scotland will largely get more independence, to which most Scots still consider this a victory.
They wouldn't be part of NATO (see here). The pound would have been a failure (see here).

The last sentence is correct- hopefully English regions can become more independent too. As a fairly conservative person, I would support greater autonomy for both England, Wales and Scotland (dunno about NI), but not independence as that would have been a disaster.

Re: Scottish Independence

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 12:22 am
by Conduit
Vezok wrote:
Conduit wrote:
good thing they didnt
they really dont gain anything from being independent, but they lose plenty
firstly, no pound. making a new currency is very expensive. Example? When Greece switched to the euro.
Bankruptcy would have been imminent
Also, with the UK militaty presence in scotland, with independence, they'd have to move everything out
bye bye atleast 100k jobs, which wouldnt help the bankruptcy situation
on the topic of military, scotland doesn't wouldn't have one when gone independent

a bankrupt, defenseless country, but hey, patriotism!
gj scotland you've made the smart choice
Almost none of that is accurate. They'd still be allied with the UK, they'd be part of NATO, they actually would have still used the pound. Its also stupid that you're implying that there'd be an armed incursion by some power into a core NATO country, especially one that the US would have recognized. Besides, they'd say that they have the right to fail on their own.

In all honesty, just with the sole existence of the vote Scotland will largely get more independence, to which most Scots still consider this a victory.
no pound bro, it was one of conditions of separating
and they would have re applied for nato and eu
im on point

and like i said, they may be patriotic but also bankrupt

Re: Scottish Independence

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 5:42 pm
by Vezok
Forgive me, I meant the European union.
And they would still have recognized the pound as a validly used currency, even if it wasn't the official currency.