England Recognizes the Right to Secede; Scotland Declines

Last week, Scotland had a chance to declare independence from England through the use of a ballot box.  They declined.  The citizens, this time, weren’t deceived by Scottish nobles selling them out for English lands and titles; nor were bullets and bayonets used as coercion.  No, they sold their independence for pension funds, national health care and the Bank of England.  I’m sure William Wallace, Robert the Bruce and the dead at Culloden are turning over in their graves about now.

Despite the repudiation of Scottish independence, we must give a hand to England for recognizing countries have a right to secede.  The United States declared their independence over 230 year ago, only to have Washington D.C. and northern aggressors snub out our founding principles with bullets and bayonets in 1865.

As of now, one out of four Americans would secede from the union if given a chance.  The Southwest leads the polling by about 34.1 percent.  New England, the instigators for American independence came in last with a measly 17.4 percent.

 

What a difference 300 years makes.  Scotland submits to their English overlords and New England becomes slavish conformist to a central power.  The world has indeed turned upside down.   

Source:  http://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/blog/support-secession/

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/19/us-usa-secession-exclusive-idUSKBN0HE19U20140919