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Vermont looking to break from US
Falcon1
Elite Ranger
in Zocalo v2.0
I was reading an article on the Irish Independent web site about the state of Vermont looking to break away from the United States. Found it quite interesting as I never knew that Vermont was such a "radical" state compared to the rest. And it was interesting to read that they have had independent aims for a very long time. Plus I always assumed it was just some of the deep south states that still clung onto memories of the civil war and breaking away.
The article goes on to discuss how they have formed relations with the League of the South. I found this bit very alarming:
"Over the years the movement has grown more racist, claiming society is composed of a God-given hierarchy of groups that should not have the same rights and privileges as one another. Mr Hill now decries racial intermarriage under any circumstances and says that people other than white Christians will be allowed to live in his breakaway South only if they bow to "the cultural dominance of the Anglo-Celtic people and their institutions". Where the goal of secession was once largely rhetorical, it is now a seriously stated aim of his movement."
Wtf?? What crack pipe is this guy smoking? So if they do break away where do all the Mexicans go? Rather extreme views me thinks. And I particularly disliked his "Anglo-Celtic people" comment. How does one define an anglo-celtic person?
Anyway the article is here: [url]http://www.independent.ie/world-news/north-america/the-state-of-independence-1116341.html[/url]
So is all of this big news or just stuff thats been bubbling under for years?
The article goes on to discuss how they have formed relations with the League of the South. I found this bit very alarming:
"Over the years the movement has grown more racist, claiming society is composed of a God-given hierarchy of groups that should not have the same rights and privileges as one another. Mr Hill now decries racial intermarriage under any circumstances and says that people other than white Christians will be allowed to live in his breakaway South only if they bow to "the cultural dominance of the Anglo-Celtic people and their institutions". Where the goal of secession was once largely rhetorical, it is now a seriously stated aim of his movement."
Wtf?? What crack pipe is this guy smoking? So if they do break away where do all the Mexicans go? Rather extreme views me thinks. And I particularly disliked his "Anglo-Celtic people" comment. How does one define an anglo-celtic person?
Anyway the article is here: [url]http://www.independent.ie/world-news/north-america/the-state-of-independence-1116341.html[/url]
So is all of this big news or just stuff thats been bubbling under for years?
Comments
Jake
How could this be a bad thing?
:D
Jake
— Guy Noir
In Ireland, ignoring the whole Northern issue, most of the republic is pretty unified. There is usually rumblings in county Cork. Its know as the rebel county as it was the centre for the anti-treaty forces during the civil war. So most people from Cork dislike Dublin because its the capital and the symbol of the pro-treaty forces.
In the UK with the exception of Scotland and Wales, the Cornish are pretty uppity about breaking away.
Which I support!
Secession is illegal... the Civil War decided that issue. It also established the supremacy of the federal government over the individual states. So even if they did have a clause that said such a thing (which I doubt because most of the Southern state constitutions were rewritten after the war) the federal government still has final say. :)
Whats funny is all the "proposed" ideas for Cascadia inevitably include regions inhabited by a decent amount of people who would find the whole idea offensive? Like vast swaths of areas east of the cascades :P And the Idea of including those chunks of idaho!? Those people would start a open civil war with your new "regime" so fast you wouldn't have time to blink!
My Mom in her infinite wisdom declared that the rest of Canada should vote on whether or not they should be allowed to stay.
muhahahaah
Canada, US and Mexico form the North American Union. Quebec breaks off to form its own nation...
Jake