Last sunrise for the UK?

[unhappycamper]

http://atimes.com/atimes/World/WOR-01-180914.html



Last sunrise for the UK?
By M K Bhadrakumar
Sep 18, '14

The sun may never again rise on the United Kingdom after this weekend. By the "breakfast time" on Friday the outcome of the closely-fought referendum in Scotland will be known. It's a toss up. Did the last-minute intervention by the Queen make a difference to tilt the delicate balance in favor of "No" to Scottish people's demand for independence?

In sheer intellectual terms it's breathtaking that this could be, after all, a velvet divorce. So much of ancient and bloody enmities existed between England and Scotland through centuries and yet the parting is by mutual consent. Of course, the unfinished business will remain bitter and not easily put behind.

Most certainly, this is not how things ended in history in most parts of the world. The civilian death toll in the former East Pakistan in 1971 was anywhere between 3 lakhs and 3 million.

All the countries in our region face the challenge of political separatism. Some are acute challenges and some keep simmering, while some others simply slithered into the undergrowth and may not be quite visible to the naked eye - until they reappear.

[merrily]

1. I wish we could split peacefully into blue states and red states.

If it happens, I will gladly welcome Dem refugees from a red state into my home to sleep and eat free until they can find work and re-settle or for one year, whichever comes first. They won't even have to pitch in with chores.

Think about it!

[newfie11]

2. I like that idea nt

[merrily]

3. Maybe if that happened, we'd only have to split again into

Democratic and New Democrat states.

Maybe figuring out how to get along is the better way to go? I recommend starting with abolition of political talk radio.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. No need

They continue to self implode

[merrily]

5. Good to know. I've adopted the head in the sand approach

and just stay clear of them. So, aside from the times someone on a show I am watching gives one of them (usually Limbaugh) air time, I have no idea what is going on with them.

I also steer clear of FOX News, except for what Stewart and/or Colbert re-broadcast, and FREEP.

My theory is that life gives me enough annoyances and tragedies that I have no choices about. So, I have no need to go looking for things that will probably upset me.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

6. I've been inhaling silica myself.

[merrily]

7. Sounds like a plan.