# Lust4Life: If you want to accuse me of dishonesty, bring it here.

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**Created:** [November 3, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lust4life-if-you-want-to-accuse-me-of-dishonesty-bring-it-here/639804 "2012-11-03T23:15:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lust4life-if-you-want-to-accuse-me-of-dishonesty-bring-it-here/639804/42 "2012-11-05T13:15:22Z")

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You are pitting him for that? … well, while you’re at it… add ignorant racist to the list…..

> [@Next Independent Country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-independent-country/3049/54):
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> Hmmmm lets see, the majority N.I. population voting to leave one of the major economic world powers to join a small country with a GDP less then some African and E.European nations.
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> Who lacks any major industries or businesses, but relies on some agriculture, a small amount of tourism, and its school leavers moving to England, Australia or the U.S. to find work.
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> Leaving to join a country with close ties to the Catholic church, with governmental corruption rife at all levels, and which is not a member of NATO or allied with the United States.
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> To unite with a people that rightly or wrongly, is perceived by N.I.s majority population, as being supporters of the people who kidnapped, tortured and murdered their family members, friends, neighbours and workmates.
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> This on top of the fact that that the majority population are incredibly patriotic about their being British.  
> To understand their mindset, as an American how would you feel if you were told that you were losing your U.S. citizenship to become forcibly Canadian.
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> Not too good eh ?
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> Now substitute Canadian with Albanian, which is a more realistic comparison.  
> To unite with a country that many people in N.I. would actively fight to the death with if unification was forced on them.
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> Personally I won’t be holding my breath waiting for that to happen.

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