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Same as Texas.
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A couple of questions: Did the individual states sign the US constitution? Would the US Congress - US Senate - White House be able to dissolve Texas' congress in session?Originally posted by SlowwHand
Same as Texas.What?Comment
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Yes, a nation does not equal a state. Though in Britain, as I understand it, the people of Scotland can vote to secede whenever they want, and may well do in the future. As things stand, Scottish voters have unreciprocated power over English voters, in that they can help determine law and policy in England, while English voters cannot do the same for Scotland.Comment
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Nope, to both.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ BraindeadComment
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Re: Re: Re: Indepedence for Quebeckers!!
OMG Harry Tuttle doesn't like us!!!Originally posted by Richelieu
Oh noes...
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So, what is the legal "cement" holding the states together?Originally posted by SlowwHand
Nope, to both.What?Comment
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Indepedence for Quebeckers!!
I know...Originally posted by Oncle Boris
OMG Harry Tuttle doesn't like us!!!
Hard to take, isn't it?
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Yes.Originally posted by Richelieu
Quebec hasn't signed the Canadian Constitution. You call that a non-story?
1) It happened a long time ago, no one cares
2) It's Quebec, no one cares
3) It's Quebec, not signing the constitution just means you aren't as well protected as the other provinces. The Glorious Nation of Quebec must be invaded by the Empire of Canadia. The Greek Citizens will be used as slave labour in the Alberta oilsands, the French citizens will be deported to rebuild New Orleans, and the Anglophones will be deported to British Columbia to start growing marijuana for mass export. Also, we'll steal your hydro."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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1982.. is not a long time ago!Originally posted by Asher
Yes.
1) It happened a long time ago, no one caresblehComment
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As for the OP, Harper's comments do not matter. The real problem is that Quebec hasn't signed Canada's constitution. Recognizing Quebec as a nation is peanuts compared to Meech or Charlottetown, so Harper is just pissing off both Anglo nationalists and Quebec separatists with an half assed declaration.In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.Comment
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Are you kidding? The world didn't even exist in 1982.Originally posted by cronos_qc
1982.. it's not a long time ago!"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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You always had a thing for Greeks...Originally posted by Asher
Yes.
1) It happened a long time ago, no one cares
2) It's Quebec, no one cares
3) It's Quebec, not signing the constitution just means you aren't as well protected as the other provinces. The Glorious Nation of Quebec must be invaded by the Empire of Canadia. The Greek Citizens will be used as slave labour in the Alberta oilsands, the French citizens will be deported to rebuild New Orleans, and the Anglophones will be deported to British Columbia to start growing marijuana for mass export. Also, we'll steal your hydro.What?Comment
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Are you kidding? The world didn't even exist in 1982.
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The latter bit first. Scottish MPs can vote on laws that affect only England where-as, since powers have been devolved, similar laws for Scotland are handled by the all Scots Scottish Parliament. Also, until recently, they were over-represented in the Parliament at London based on population. They still receive more funding per head than England does. These are all questions that either have to be sorted out or, more likely in England, left to simmer for few decades until we muddle up a solution. The problem is that several controversial laws have been passed for England using Scottish MP votes while Scotland has been unaffected.Originally posted by Cort Haus
Yes, a nation does not equal a state. Though in Britain, as I understand it, the people of Scotland can vote to secede whenever they want, and may well do in the future. As things stand, Scottish voters have unreciprocated power over English voters, in that they can help determine law and policy in England, while English voters cannot do the same for Scotland.
As for the first bit, for Scotland to secede from the UK would require the consent of Westminister. The current Scottish Parliament only exists at London's consent since it could be dissolved just by passing a new law or repealing the Act that gave it existence. The Scottish Parliament is not a co-equal institution with Westminister like provincial parliaments are with each other in Canada or county councils are in respects to each other. The nature of the system in the UK is that the Parliament that sits in London is sovereign. As long as the UK remains whole, it can lend or devolve its powers but never give them away.Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
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Thanks MarkG for resurrecting this old pretext for a trollfest
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