Scottish independence
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- Wolfboy0
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"people who argue against independence on purely rational terms don't get it and probably never will."
That is it in a nutshell for me, I can't believe this kind of massive decision would be made on anything other than rational terms and it scare me that it's looking like it will not be.
As I've said previously the people I've spoken to directly can give no strong and sensible argument for the independence of Scotland other than a romanticised vision of the future having finally escaped the terrible oppression of the English. By the way, I'm yet to hear anyone actually telling me they want no part of the UK, only that they want away from the English (leaving the union almost seems a side effect to many of the Yes voters).
I tell you why this really scares me, it's a signifier for the next potential referendum - the one regarding the UKs place in the EU. The man on the street will happily listen to the chest beating empty words of men like Nigel Farage and Alex Salmond as is being proved at the moment both in England and in Scotland.