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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
Comparing a democratic vote on Scottish independence to a series of largely race-related insurgencies and conflicts that broke up a "country" that was cobbled together under Soviet supervision in the early 1900's
Is it an example of "gross hyperbole"?
...yes.
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What is being proposed here (independence) is pretty much unprecedented in the modern world.
The only countries that have been broken apart are, as you said, ex-communist countries that were held together artificially by dictatorships. That why I compared it to Yugoslavia.
I mean do people think it would be a good thing if Quebec broke away from Canada, or Catalonia became independent from Spain?