[Bubba Ho-Tep]

If the examples we have had are any indication, it would appear that the natural right to self determination would require the purposeful and knowledgeable consent of the majority of the voting populace in a defined area.

So if I can get 11 of the 20 people on my block to agree, we can declare ourselves to be a different country. Good to know.

What was the recent defining criteria for Scottish Independence?

Since you bring it up, the Scottish referendum of 2014 was agreed to by the British government after negotiations resulting in the Edinburgh Agreement of 2012 and received royal assent from the queen.

[DiogenesLamp]

So if I can get 11 of the 20 people on my block to agree, we can declare ourselves to be a different country. Good to know.

If you have a better debating method than strawman and mockery, I would suggest you pull it out and use it. We aren't playing "the Dozens" here.

Since you bring it up, the Scottish referendum of 2014 was agreed to by the British government after negotiations resulting in the Edinburgh Agreement of 2012 and received royal assent from the queen.

I have no objections to doing it by mutual agreement of both parties, but I object to the idea that this is necessary. Again, our founders didn't think so.

[central_va]

States can secede as they are in the Constitution and have a three branch government. Your argument shows the infantile nature of the Neo-Federalists.