By the way, are you aware that remaning as part of Ukraine was not even an option at the so-called Crimean referendum? I’m not sure if I mentioned that before.
Crimean Referendum
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Opinions, art, debate
By the way, are you aware that remaning as part of Ukraine was not even an option at the so-called Crimean referendum? I’m not sure if I mentioned that before.
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That fact actually was reported in the limited coverage by U.S news channels of the Crimean take-over. Now 99% of the television “news” is about the missing airliner, even though there’s absolutely nothing more to report on it, and it may not be found for years.
Ukraine will be back in the U.S. news when Putin gobbles up more territory — which is unfortunately very likely, unless the Kiev government (or the government that replaces it after the May elections) is intimidated into meeting Russian demands for a “federated” country.
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The English have been given no say on Scotland leaving the United Kingdom. Why is the situation in Crimea any different?
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The ‘referendum’ is the equivalent of neither the English nor the Scotish having any say on whether Scotland leaves the UK. It was the equivalent of the US establishing a covert military presence (those un-uniformed uniformed Russian soldiers) and carrying out a referendum on whether Scotland would join the US as a state or territory.
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Well you know, Scotland *was* originally part of Appalachia before it so rudely shifted itself halfway across the world. This has possibilities…
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I think it is like the U.S. deciding to annex Alberta, and making Alberta hold a referendum. And it’s possible it would succeed. It may yet happen! Give it another twenty years.
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Russia has a big claim on Alberta since there are many Ukrainians there.
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“The English have been given no say on Scotland leaving the United Kingdom.”
– I think that is completely wrong and people in Scotland are being very silly. Just like people in Catalonia are.
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My thought no referendums is this:
Feel free to have them. But if your referendum fails, then the rest of the country gets a chance to vote you out.
This means such things would only happen in the event of genuine grievances. While I have no problem whatsoever with Scotland, or Catalonia, or Quebec, etc. etc. gaining independence, it seems that the name of the game is to gin up the issue, rock the national government, and then negotiate (extort) more tax dollars for oneself. If these groups thought they were in real danger of being cut loose, they wouldn’t be so quick to demand it.
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Obviously, this policy is not particularly relevant to the situation in Crimea, but for the most part…
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