Actually, IMHO a good thing about an independence referendum in the Basque Country and Catalonia would be to force PNV and CiU to stop sitting on the fence and being all things to all people regarding separatism.
But the Referenda would have to allow subsets of the respective regions to opt out of independence, too. Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. -- Euripides
This could be a reaction to Puerto Rica's always smoldering independence movement. Of course, the solution is a dose of reality as one PR native told us: "We don't want to starve to death."
http://www.topuertorico.org/government.shtml I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears
And independence referendum would shut the PNV and CiU up, however what happens if they win. Or turning to the Basque county, it passes with 65% of the vote in Vizacaya and Guizpoca, is rejected by 65% in Alava, and is narrowly defeated with a a 51% no vote?
That will create all sorts of problems. And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg
The problem at heart is not one of nationalism, but of democracy, community, and hierarchical and overlapping allegiances. Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. -- Euripides
Mind you, not to leave Australia, just to enter Australia as a separate state to New South Wales.
So in the end it passed in the areas originally agitating for seperate statehood, with larger majorities the closer to Queensland (and further from Sydney) ... but was overwhelmingly rejected in the Hunter and went down to defeat. I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
