mistermack wrote:
The thing is though, that every single argument that you've made for Scotland going ''independent'' also applies to the Islands going independent from Scotland.
I'm not sure every single argument I have used for Scottish independence would apply to the islands, some would apply perfectly well but some would likely be different, but I absolutely agree that the principle applies as much to them as to Scotland. 100%. No argument. It's self determination, we should all be entitled to it. And we are all entitled to it.
mistermack wrote:So you can scoff and say that it will never happen, but your own arguments contradict that. It should happen, it's the best thing for them. According to your own position.
No, my own arguments dont contradict it. The islands are perfectly at liberty to propose independence from Scotland, win a mandate to hold a referendum, and then decide to leave. 100%. But the arguments for independence for Scotland from UK are different from the islands from Scotland (or UK). I'm not saying the two sets of arguments are stronger or weaker than each other, just that they are different.
The attempt to take the set of arguments that do currently apply to Scotland & UK and apply them to different theoretical independence scenario, is shit stirring. It's the same as me suggesting that being opposed to Scottish independence means someone must also be logically opposed to any independence movement in any country ever, or in favour of the largest possible size of political state, a world government, etc. It's silly.
There IS an optimal size for a political state. And the only people who can decide that optimal size are the people who live there. Trying to make generalisations about independence or size of state based on one example is impossible, and, as I say, shit stirring.
Good try though.