RE: Ron Paul - Gone but still an Asshole
November 20, 2012 at 4:12 pm
(This post was last modified: November 20, 2012 at 4:15 pm by Tiberius.)
(November 20, 2012 at 4:09 pm)Chuck Wrote: You can legitamately call anything by any name if you make the laws. Fortunately Ron Paul does not make the laws.What I mean is, it won't make any sense. If the states aren't united, you cannot call them the "United States" and have it mean what it says. Heck, even in our backwards country, we have methods for letting "states" leave...Scotland is voting on it in a couple of years.
(November 20, 2012 at 4:12 pm)Ryantology Wrote: There are something like 25 million people in Texas. When 12 million of them call for secession, only then would I consider 'the state' to want out. Since it is just a few thousand disaffected rednecks and internet trolls, I'm going to assume most of the rest are content with the status quo of Texas sovereignty.That wasn't my point. My point was that a state should be able to secede if it wants to. Currently in the US, I understand that there is no legal method for secession. All the states may be united at the moment, but the moment secession becomes popular in one of them, and it is effectively prohibited from leaving the union, you cannot call it "united" anymore without calling into question some definitions.