BBC: Second Spanish Civil War Is Possible

[CountDeMoney]

I support whatever side is fighting against the commies/anarchists.

You know, sometimes a little anarchy is good for the soul.  Helps people find their moral compass.  Amazing the clarity of vision a few well-placed explosive devices can provide.

[Sheilbh]

Some of Europe's most successful post-communist states have been very, very small, such as Slovenia or the Baltics.

In fairness most of the Baltics have suffered huge recessions and Slovenia needs an EZ bailout.  On the upside, they got into the Euro - so well done them.

[katmai]

I support Basque independence.

Yeah, I went there.

I knew I loved you.

[Syt]

Some of Europe's most successful post-communist states have been very, very small, such as Slovenia or the Baltics.

In fairness most of the Baltics have suffered huge recessions and Slovenia needs an EZ bailout.  On the upside, they got into the Euro - so well done them.

Yeah, the Baltics had massive negative GDP growth in 2008/9 and are only slowly recovering, with unemployment over 20% in each country.

[Josquius]

Why?  What good would it do?  Splitting Europe into Micro-States for no reason only serves to make the continents problems worse not better.  The regions of Europe need to be coordinating more in order to meet the challenges they are facing not splitting into pieces to satisfy nationalist douchebaggery.

Unity through disunity.
The more the old nations are split the more federalised the small new nations can become.

[Ideologue]

I support Basque independence.

Yeah, I went there.

But you've always supported terrorists, so long as they're white.  What's new?

[CountDeMoney]

But you've always supported terrorists, so long as they're white.  What's new?

As katmai and I can attest, Basques aren't always characterized as white.   

[Habbaku]

But you've always supported terrorists, so long as they're white.  What's new?

As katmai and I can attest, Basques aren't always characterized as white.   

Depends on the person, I'd say.  Their version of Mitt Romney is fairly white.

[CountDeMoney]

Meh, he just doesn't get out enough.  2 hours in the sun, and he'd be brown as a berry.

[Barrister]

But size has nothing to do with how successful a country is.

But you are the one who said

Splitting Europe into Micro-States for no reason only serves to make the continents problems worse not better.

You have constantly asserted that small countries are bound to fail.

I think the evidence on that is less than complete.

Coming from Canada... assertions that the breakup of the country is unthinkable is actually not very helpful.  It only empowers the extremists.  When you say 'okay you can separate - but then what' helps to bring the discussion back to reality/

[DGuller]

Are all of our Spaniards going to be on the same side?

[Eddie Teach]

Larch vs Iorm in the Languish Civil War?

[Viking]

But you've always supported terrorists, so long as they're white.  What's new?

As katmai and I can attest, Basques aren't always characterized as white.   

The european and american scales of "what is white" are very different. A persian friend of mine from texas who loved straight edge and hard core punk found that in america he could go to the nazi skinhead concerts in america without any problems, when he went to berlin, however, they immediated identified him by his large nose and chased him off. The commie and antifa skinheads accepted him in both cases, but since he was one of the 1% he didn't really fit in there either.

The point is that he went from being white in america to being black in europe; this was a shock to him.

[Josquius]

Yeah, Spanish are Latin, not white.

[Gups]

Yeah, Spanish are Latin, not white.

Basques aren't Spanish.

And of course Spaniards are white. White isn't just Anglo-Saxon or Nordic.