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Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by pbhjpbhj on Friday October 27, 2017 @10:15AM (#15568488)
My mistake, I thought demos was the people not the "voters". /s

Not voting in an illegal ballot seems reasonable. The rule of law is a cornerstone of democracy as too are free and fair elections.

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Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by barrkel on Friday October 27, 2017 @10:26AM (#15568607)
And self-determination is the cornerstone of international rights, up there in Article I of the Charter of the UN.

For me, 70 out of 135 elected representatives is a more democratic mandate than the referendum. Not a fan of referendums.

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Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by pbhjpbhj on Friday October 27, 2017 @10:39AM (#15568774)
Cornerstone? Isn't recognition of nation states the cornerstone?

Art 1.2 talks of maintaining peace amongst the nation's through respect for "equal rights and self-determination of peoples". To me that puts self-determination below democratic process, reversing them would not respect equal rights.

http://www.un.org/en/sections/un-charter/chapter-i/index.htm...

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