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To: Question_Assumptions
I argued ovr the limits of the right to secession with a professor my first day in grad school. He, a committed liberal, argued that a group of people have the right to secede and form their own country if the resultant entity was self-osupporting. I argued back that people have the right to make their own political decisions, and not have someone else make them in their place. That's my answer to you.
I know that last statement doesn't really answer your question, and I apologize for that.
125 posted on 09/30/2003 2:31:02 PM PDT by warchild9
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To: warchild9
I argued back that people have the right to make their own political decisions, and not have someone else make them in their place. That's my answer to you.

The problem is that this has never been possible since the dawn of civilization and was probably not possible in the large bands of hunter gatherers that preceded civilization. The problem is that you can't have a civilization if everyone gets to make their own decisions about how things are run.

I know that last statement doesn't really answer your question, and I apologize for that.

Well, you don't need to apologize to me. But I'd suggest you come up with a fully functional system rather than suggest that the existing system be replaced by something that is poorly defined. Wishful thinking is no substitute for a functional and proven plan.

139 posted on 09/30/2003 3:06:30 PM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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