We are observers and not a direct party to this conflict (yet). Two principles collide: "self-determination of the people" and "preservation of territorial integrity".
Politicians on both sides are playing a chicken game that is not going to end well. I don't think Kosovo's statehood or a "Texanian secession" as coined by US news media are good examples. When we look at traditional secessionist movements like US or Irish or Algerian independence they went through a phase of violent opposition and - of course - did not care about the legality under the governing rule. Would an independent Catalonia become a republic? EU and member states are poised to side with the territorial integrity of Spain - and civil liberties. Best, A # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected] # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject:
