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Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by megous on Friday October 27, 2017 @10:42AM (#15568808)
Politically active get to decide. I'm not sure why expect it to be otherwise.
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Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by ben_w on Friday October 27, 2017 @10:47AM (#15568866)
Those who wanted to stay would (I suspect) also believe that the referendum was illegal, as per the court order saying so.

Why bother showing up to an illegal referendum, especially when the very fact of it being illegal means no result can be trusted as accurate?

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Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by CaptSpify on Friday October 27, 2017 @02:03PM (#15570773)
Because the referendum still took place means that some people don't care about it being illegal.

Politics affects you whether you find it "illegal" or not

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Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by ben_w on Friday October 27, 2017 @05:04PM (#15572216)
I am aware many don’t care that it was illegal, I was suggesting a reason why people might care.
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Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by marcosscriven on Friday October 27, 2017 @10:49AM (#15568890)
But people didn’t because it was not a vote recognised by their own country.
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