Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain

Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by ecshafer on Friday October 27, 2017 @10:25AM (#15568597)

This is really not a useful argument. Self determination is a natural right. The idea that it's against the law to seek it doesn't work when the people themselves are arguing they don't want to be under that law.

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Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by _r_o_y_ on Friday October 27, 2017 @11:51AM (#15569569)

Then you should use the process laid by the constitution to change it, not unilaterally decide the law doesn't apply to you.

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Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by robrenaud on Friday October 27, 2017 @02:10PM (#15570834)

This argument seems a little bunk to me. Certainly my nation (US) wouldn't exist if they followed this logic.

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Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by kgwgk on Friday October 27, 2017 @03:47PM (#15571617)

It wouldn’t exist either if unionists had not fought and won a war against secessionists.

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Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by simion314 on Friday October 27, 2017 @12:19PM (#15569818)

But then you can apply same logic when a city or a village vote to not pay taxes there, or have special rules, my opinion is that constitution is a very important law and there is a reason that changing it requires the majority to vote(probably differs by country). I understand your point but to get the independence is something extreme in this case it should not be a simple process but something more complex otherwise bypassing the constitution can happen every month.

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