[James]

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.

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?