Separation as a concept has a tainted history in America. It immediately brings to mind memories of segregation all too fresh in our national memory. But despite this gag-reflex of revulsion from the word separation, sometimes it's not a bad thing. In fact, it is very often a very good thing. Lets be totally honest, it's better if some things and some people are just kept apart, some things should just never be together because when they are the results are horrific.
You brought this upon yourself, America. Now you must live with what you have done
If you need any more proof as to the necessity of separation (which you really shouldn't, I mean come on guys, Cats and Dogs. If you're still not convinced you obviously haven't seen it, and its sequel), look at the conflict between the State of Israel and a conglomeration of terrorist organization that claim loyalty to an ancient tract of land called "Palestine." The root of the bloody conflict that rages to this day there is that neither side will just leave. Anyone who has ever run away from a fight can tell you that, the easiest way to have peace is just to leave.
So to make a short ramble even shorter, when Rosenblum says
"The only way to keep them safe is to be separate. A nation with the power to protect its own."
I can only agree. Sometimes it's for the best of everyone for one party to just stop causing problems and leave.
I guess you're saying that sometimes differences are either so great or so specific that they cannot be worked out without radically changing both sides. However, can being given sovereignty protect all forms of difference? Also, you state at the end of your post that "it's for the best of everyone for one party to just stop causing problems and leave." But who would leave? If the group in question isn't already geographically separated from another party, why would they ever consent to leave their home and set up a sovereign state elsewhere?
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately the problem with this ploy is that, as Angelica pointed out, often one cannot leave. In Horizons, the space cans- NY Up and Dragon Whatever and Singapore 2- would have been more than happy to just 'stop causing problems and leave'. Unfortunately, just leaving is not and option, and not only because of what Angelica said. The individuals in the space cans WERE geographically separated and still faced issues. Much like when I argue with my parents, we (the space stations and I) are not just allowed to storm out and end the argument by departing. Sometimes having "one party just stop causing problems and leave" actually complicates the problems. (As show by the invasion of forces from the World Council).
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