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To: Spktyr
In fact, if there were no right of secession, the US would never have existed, considering it was created by an act of secession.

I understood that and agree in principle. However, I thought that by Texas you were referring to its specific reservation of the option to secede upon its acceptance to the Union. That option is now void since it "reapplied" for acceptance pursuant to the surrender of the Confederacy. The only basis for secession that now remains for Texas is by force, just like all the rest of the states. Hence, Texas now enjoys no special status as regards the right to secede.

Good luck with that.

17 posted on 10/15/2009 4:07:15 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (Grovelnator Schwarzenkaiser, fashionable fascism one charade at a time.)
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To: Carry_Okie
The only basis for secession that now remains for Texas is by force, just like all the rest of the states

Our rights don't come from Washington. They are ours as much as the air is ours. If force is required to secure and maintain our rights, then so be it. It will probably end up that force and secession are the only route to our rights, but they are our rights never the less.

Sadly, I don't believe there is a single state with the unity of will to go that far. The fascists are going to whittle away at our rights until there are so few left, if the majority wake up, they will be too impotent to fight back.

20 posted on 10/15/2009 6:44:07 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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