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Re:Venice votes 89% to secede from Italy by mpyne on Monday March 24, 2014 @10:12PM (#7463324)
Or at the very least, not do so unilaterally. It's possible to imagine adopting something like the Constitutional amendment procedures to allow the nation to "cast off" a state that wished to be independent.

But what is not going to happen is that a state gets to take it's ball and go home just because the nation had the sheer audacity to vote for the wrong President.

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Re:Venice votes 89% to secede from Italy by jessaustin on Monday March 24, 2014 @10:59PM (#7463534)
...the wrong President.

Which one are we talking about? Frankly, all the ones I've had the misfortune of living through, blur together for me. It's not like any of them have had any different policies. How could they, possibly?

If any area secedes, it might be because of "The President", but it won't be due to any particular one.

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Re:Venice votes 89% to secede from Italy by saalweachter on Monday March 24, 2014 @11:44PM (#7463689)
I believe this is a reference to Lincoln; the election of 1860 is frequently cited as one of the triggers for the secession of South Carolina shortly thereafter.
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