[GonzoGOP]

Don't you think they deserved a say in the matter before being screwed over?

What I think doesn't figure into it. There are no critera stated therefore there are only two options. (1) You can't do it. (2) You don't need to justify why you did it. In the example you gave about taking Jim's servers with you the answer is that you don't have the right to do it. No matter what justification for taking the servers you give.

Since the constitution does not place any requirements on secession they would not be required to pay any debts or return any properties. Of course what the law requires and what you are likely to get away with are two very different matters. You can walk into a biker bar, insult the biggest guy in the room, his gang, his mother, and his bike and then try to walk out. While everything you did was covered under freedom of speech and association you are highly unlikely to reach the door without a fight.

[Non-Sequitur]

Since the constitution does not place any requirements on secession they would not be required to pay any debts or return any properties.

So what you want us to believe is that the Constitution protects those who are leaving and not those who are staying. That those who are leaving can take any action they want, regardless of the impact on the remaining states, and there is nothing those states can do. They have no choice, no say in the matter, no protections afforded by the Constitution at all. The Constitution is, in effect, a club that the seceding states can use at will to batter the remaining states with. So do you really think that the Founders would have signed on to an idea like that? That the Constitutional solution is one guaranteed to foster bitterness and acrimony, and is likely to lead to war? Do you really expect us to believe that?