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Re:Venice votes 89% to secede from Italy by ekianjo on Monday March 24, 2014 @09:43PM (#7463188)
Well the American States were BORN from the right to secede from the English Crown, and they clearly kept that Right in their constitution before of their very History on that matter.
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Re:Venice votes 89% to secede from Italy by mpyne on Monday March 24, 2014 @10:14PM (#7463336)
In the eyes of the colonists the separation happened in London, not in the colonies. The fighting started because they wanted "their rights as Englishmen" and nothing more.

There's a reason the Declaration of Independence happened more than a year after the first spurts of military action (and was very controversial in the colonies even then).

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