Is it time for those who don't want to physically force their will upon others to part with those who prefer otherwise? If people attempt to secede and are physically prevented from doing so, would the use of physical force be considered self-defense or hypocritical?
FTA: "The problem our nation faces is very much like a marriage where one partner has broken, and has no intention of keeping, the marital vows. Of course, the marriage can remain intact while each party engages in devious one-upmanship. Rather than submission by one party or domestic violence, a more peaceable alternative is separation. I believe we are nearing a point where there are enough irreconcilable differences between those Americans who want to control other Americans and those Americans who want to be left alone that separation is the only peaceable alternative."
A secession option for liberty-loving Americans
DISCUSS!
Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on May 28, 2010 at http://www.braincrave.com/viewblog.php?id=213
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