Ach, hoots mon, ah cannae bide wi' these sassenach bastards!

Circe · 04-26-2013, 02:10 PM

Alright, so someone reminded me of this earlier today and I figured that seeing as we have a few British/Scottish members here it might be worth a discussion. What do you all thing of the quickly approaching referendum for Scotland to declare complete independence from the United Kingdom and go off as its own country retaining strong ties and a monarch with its southern neighbour? Do you feel that a nation with its own strong social and cultural identity as well as a solid economy should be able to choose self-determination over its mother state? Or do you think that nationalism has no place in the modern world and that separation would only serve to make both Scotland and the UK weaker? I'll express my opinions on it when I've sized up the views of the Scots here so I don't get them into some vicious Glaswegian rage.

Links if you're not from the UK and want to know more:

The Wiki article

A guide that's a bit more daring than Wikipedia

Vice on why it would be good & Vice on why it would be bad

Why a lot of Scots don't like being British

04-26-2013, 02:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
Circe Blunt After Blunt After Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: In a French-ass restaurant Posts: 337	Ach, hoots mon, ah cannae bide wi' these sassenach bastards! Alright, so someone reminded me of this earlier today and I figured that seeing as we have a few British/Scottish members here it might be worth a discussion. What do you all thing of the quickly approaching referendum for Scotland to declare complete independence from the United Kingdom and go off as its own country retaining strong ties and a monarch with its southern neighbour? Do you feel that a nation with its own strong social and cultural identity as well as a solid economy should be able to choose self-determination over its mother state? Or do you think that nationalism has no place in the modern world and that separation would only serve to make both Scotland and the UK weaker? I'll express my opinions on it when I've sized up the views of the Scots here so I don't get them into some vicious Glaswegian rage. Links if you're not from the UK and want to know more: The Wiki article A guide that's a bit more daring than Wikipedia Vice on why it would be good & Vice on why it would be bad Why a lot of Scots don't like being British