# Would anyone actually support war to stop secession?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-actually-support-war-to-stop-secession/771336>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 10, 2016, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-actually-support-war-to-stop-secession/771336 "2016-11-10T08:04:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-actually-support-war-to-stop-secession/771336/81 "2016-11-12T18:10:01Z")

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> [@Monty](#):
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> You answered your own question, dh.

How does the accompanying “roll eyes” smiley translate in China?

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**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-actually-support-war-to-stop-secession/771336/82 "2016-11-12T22:10:00Z")

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> [@buddha\_david](#):
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> What do you mean, “taken by a foreign country”? They will still own their land and pay taxes, just with a different name on the check.

If you secede, you become a foreign country, that’s the whole point of the exercise. And if you’re an American who lived in America and owned land in America, suddenly your land is now in another country and America is telling you ‘sucks to be you, move to America if you want us to do anything’.

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> Keep in mind that most of the laws in this country are state-specific, vis-a-vis gun control, education, environmental regulations, local tax codes, law enforcement, transportation management, legality of marijuana, etc. Changing sovereignty from one nation to another will not change any of that.

If it won’t change anything significant, then why bother with secession in the first place? If it is worth the effort to secede, then obviously something will be different, and arguing that it won’t be different doesn’t make a lick of sense.

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-actually-support-war-to-stop-secession/771336/83 "2016-11-13T08:26:57Z")

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> [@doorhinge](#):
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> How does the accompanying “roll eyes” smiley translate in China?

Pick a Pit thread for my response.

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**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-anyone-actually-support-war-to-stop-secession/771336/84 "2016-11-13T10:54:58Z")

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> [@doorhinge](#):
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> What’s the difference between “congress” and “Congress”?

In the right context, “congress” can mean something _much_ more fun. Even if in both cases someone ends up screwed.

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