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Spain clamors for two-state solution, but not in Catalonia

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Sacred to the modern left: killing babies.

#1 B. Hammer on 2017-10-28 10:28 (Reply)

"College's ‘deconstruct masculinity’ program"

These kind of things are illegal under the United States Education Amendments of 1972 and the Equal Opportunity in Education Act. Where are the lawyers and the DOJ?

#2 GoneWithTheWind on 2017-10-28 10:33 (Reply)

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What Is 'Sacred' to the Modern Left? I think the most telling thing about General John Kelly's press briefing last week was when he lamented the things no longer held "sacred" in our country today.

Kelly's speech might have had a positive impact — if he hadn't decided to attack Rep. Wilson, lying about her speech at the dedication of a new FBI facility in her state.

#3 Zachriel on 2017-10-28 10:59 (Reply)

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Spain clamors for two-state solution, but not in Catalonia

There's a significant difference. Catalonians fully participate in Spanish politics, while most Palestinians are still under occupation. If the West Bank were incorporated into Israel, the one-state solution, then Israel would cease being a majority Jewish state. That leaves a two-state solution. Or continued occupation.

#4 Zachriel on 2017-10-28 11:06 (Reply)

Also, Catalonians overwhelmingly ratified the Spanish constitution in 1978.

#4.1 Zachriel on 2017-10-28 11:56 (Reply)

So I have questions, Zach.

Do you not believe in the Wilsonian principle of the right to self-determination?

Or do you think that since they have wedded themselves to greater Spain they have no right to divorce?

#4.1.1 feeblemind on 2017-10-28 13:04 (Reply)

feeblemind: Do you not believe in the Wilsonian principle of the right to self-determination?

The Catalonians freely joined the Spanish federation.

feeblemind: Or do you think that since they have wedded themselves to greater Spain they have no right to divorce?

The Founders had it about right.

QUOTE:

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

The fact is that secession affects all parties, and is fraught with dangers and uncertainties. Of course, voluntary divorce, agreed to by the parties, is always an option (e.g. Slovakia and the Velvet Divorce).

#4.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2017-10-28 13:34 (Reply)

And the Velvet Divorce only happened because the Czechs considered the eastern part of the country (now Slovakia) to be a fairly useless bit of country with no culture and only a few clapped-out old Soviet-era factories and smelters - a drag on the economy.

#4.1.1.1.1 Frances on 2017-10-28 17:01 (Reply)

The key aspect is that Czechoslovakia was always a tidy "two-part" country.

So the Velvet Divorce is a poor example to tout for nations with more complex regional compositions and dynamics.

#4.1.1.1.1.1 JJM on 2017-10-28 21:45 (Reply)

Frances: So the Velvet Divorce is a poor example to tout for nations with more complex regional compositions and dynamics.

The Soviet Union dissolved largely peacefully. However, you are correct that peaceful secession is rarely a viable option. So there you are: Prudence, indeed.

#4.1.1.1.1.2 Zachriel on 2017-10-29 09:58 (Reply)

"Climate: Warmth is no Worry but Cold Kills"

Don't let the below quote go. If you get caught outside or your car dies this or any winter, never forget:

"You sweat, you die." - Les Stroud

#5 Fred on 2017-10-28 17:34 (Reply)

How Team Hillary played the press for fools? The press is a major part of Team Hillary. It's how Team Hillary played the American people for fools.

#6 Jerryskids on 2017-10-29 09:00 (Reply)

Love the Tocqueville quote. It is from Democracy in America, Volume Two, Part Four, Chapter Six: “What Sort Of Despotism Democratic Nations Have To Fear.” The link is to that chapter at Project Gutenberg. Highly recommended reading. That chapter is only six (longish) paragraphs in the edition at the link, and practically every line is quotable. The Moonbattery quote is from the fifth paragraph. The two translations use slightly different words, but the meaning is the same.

In the fourth paragraph of that chapter, Tocqueville compares a despotic democratic government and its citizens to a parent and child, except that the despotic government does not raise its citizens to be adults but rather seeks to keep them in “perpetual childhood.” We are seeing that today, on college campuses and elsewhere.

Tocqueville visited the United States in 1831-1832. He wrote Democracy in America in two volumes, the first published in 1835 and the second published in 1840. His thoughts in the Moonbattery quote are after several years of reflection on his visit to America, as he notes in the first paragraph of that chapter:

QUOTE:

A more accurate examination of the subject [i.e., the title of the chapter], and five years of further meditations, have not diminished my apprehensions…

#7 The Switchel Philosopher (Link) on 2017-10-29 11:39 (Reply)

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/10/27/knockout-game/

#8 bgarrett on 2017-10-29 23:29 (Reply)

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