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As much as I'd like to see Catalonians have a voice in this, given that the referendum is was ruled illegal it seems unlikely that the "no" vote would come out
by qeternity 9y ago
As much as I'd like to see Catalonians have a voice in this, given that the referendum is was ruled illegal it seems unlikely that the "no" vote would come out in droves. One crime in protest of another?
- plaintext-cat 9y agoCalling a referendum is not a crime nor felony in Spain. For the No to win, nearly 80% of the census should have voted, and that’s assuming all new votes are for No. Absurd. Spain is over, it lost. Watch it live in the markets tomorrow.
- orbitingpluto 9y agoHow do you think externally forced legality factors into self-determination of a group of people encapsulated linguistically and geographically into a larger nation? If this was a referendum in Tibet voting to leave China, would you have a different position?
- peteretep 9y agoAnd indeed, turn out was pretty low
- richardknop 9y agoLot of people were stopped from voting though. Police shut down hundreds of polling stations and intervened in other stations trying to stop people from voting. 42% turnout under these drastic conditions when police is beating up people on streets is not low imho.