[Wallace T.]

You could make the same argument about the secession of Ireland from the UK ninety years ago, or the breakup of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. Many Catalonians would like to secede from Spain, even though it has been part of Spain for a longer time than Scotland has been in the UK. National boundaries are not sacred. In our own case, I would welcome the secession of the states north of the Potomac and east of the Alleghenies, and of the three West Coast states and Hawaii.

[Jim Noble]

You could make the same argument about the secession of Ireland from the UK ninety years ago,

Except that Ireland never accepted Union. As soon as the Act of Union (1800) was passed, it started to cause trouble. Militant resistance happened both before and after 1800, and grew more powerful, along with political resistance during the 1800s. The "Irish Question" dominated elections from the 1860s through 1914, and precipitated major and lasting constitutional reforms in a failed attempt to contain it and bring the Union to a successful, peaceful state.

None of that is true of Scotland.

[Jim Noble]

or the breakup of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia in the early 1990s

All bad, IMO. In fact, the progressivist, Wilsonian triumph that led to the dissolution of the four great empires after 1918 caused a bloodbath which is still going on, 96 years later.

Obviously, the fall of the communist government in Russia was, on the whole, a good thing. However, "national self-determination" is far from a good thing, since it uses the appearance of popular sovereignty to in fact empower progressivist, transnational organizations and individuals who are deeply evil and wish the destruction of our Republic.