Scotland votes to stay in the UK.

Man, European History. Scotland entered into the UK by having a Scottish king on the English throne. Though nowadays the Royal family is of German heritage.

But there were real International consequences to Scotland's vote. Not that Freepers cared; for the most part, Europe is only useful in as much as it fits into whatever narrative they are into at the moment.

Still, props for having a live thread, even if it ended up being much a smaller thread than the Benghazi hearings.

11th_VA takes Braveheart for a documentary.

"And dying in your bed many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance, just one cahnce, to come back here as young men and tell our enemies that they may take our lives but they will never take our freedom

oh never mind ...

manc has some UK ties, so he has a bit more nuance, but not much!

This is not a braveheart movie., this is about a bunch of socialists who want more socialism in Scotland

dglang keeps his eye on the anti-Muslim prize.

Since England is a solid ally of the U.S. it is better for all if they remain strong which will assist them in fighting any Islamic effort to conquer first Scotland and after establishing a foothold there concentrate on Britain itself.

bd476 feels the tug of colonialism:

the timing for Scotland leaving now is terrible. Yet I also feel a tug thinking how there never has been a good time for England to lose any of her colonies, including India, South Africa, Hong Kong, the Falklands, her 13 colonies right here, etc.

Wait, is bd476 against the Revolutionary War??

CapnJack knows independence means means Freedom!

A NO vote on freedom ... reminds me of a quote ... “If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.” ― Samuel Adams Freedom is not easy. I guess the modern day Scots have been bought and paid for.

NKP_Vet is reminded of the War of Northern Aggression:

If the Scots vote for independence will Cameron invade the country and kill a half million to rein them back in? I did hear he was a big fan of the murdering railroad lawyer from Illinois.

goldstategop is another who thinks the vote is "FREEDOM: Y/N?"

You’d expect the vote for independence to be overwhelming.

Don’t people want freedom? But that’s a rare thing in the history of mankind.

On a completely self-contradictory note, goldstategop seems really happy about the vote, since liberals were on the other side.

Socialists always seem to get trounced at the ballot box.

So much for Sweden on the North Sea.

And I have no idea what goldstategop means here:

Socialism is wasted on the young.

Social security maybe?

GeronL pounds the "Europe is doomed" drum:

Become the next Venezuela with or Zimbabwe without London?

I guess that is the question to ponder

The KG9 Kid knows how to treat the outvoted competition:

Alex Salmond ought to be walking around tomorrow covered in tomato juice, egg yolks, and banana creme pie if there was any justice in Scotland.

Soon as he sticks his head out, *pow*, right in the face with a rotten tomato.

I hope the Queen summons his ass to the Tower.

JRandomFreeper spends the entire thread advocating a violent Scottish Revolution:

I'm not sure I give a damn what everyone else wants.

I'll take freedom.

They can only kill me once, and they can't eat me, I'm all gristle.

/johnny

Sarah Barracuda has her doubts!

Just within the margin of error for voter fraud