LogFAQs > #941311255

LurkerFAQs, Active DB, DB1, DB2, DB3, DB4, DB5, Database 6 ( 01.01.2020-07.18.2020 ), DB7, DB8, DB9, DB10, DB11, DB12, Clear

Topic List	Page List: 1
Topic	Politics Containment Topic 308: The Board Eight Autonomous Topic
red sox 777 06/26/20 7:59:39 PM #197:	LordoftheMorons posted... If that was what the people of DC and Maryland and/or Virginia wanted, then sure. However, MD and VA don't want DC, and DC doesn't want to be absorbed by one of them. They want to be their own state. The territories are the ones with a better argument for not being states imo, since in a practical sense they are relatively autonomous and culturally separated from the US; them choosing independence might make more sense. The citizens of DC are in no important way different from citizens of any of the 50 states, and there's no excuse for them not having a voice in Congress and yet to be uniquely subject to Congress's whims (e.g. Congress has blocked gun control in DC, which they would not be able to do for any state). The whims of Congress are the will of the People. Residents of DC don't have to live there. They are full US citizens and can move to and vote in another state. If I moved to a territory, I couldn't vote in most US elections either. These borders have existed for 200 years. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 Congratulations to DP Oblivion in the Guru Contest! <cite>red sox 777 posted [p:941311255] in Politics C... [t:78800375]...</cite> <quote>LordoftheMorons posted... </cite> <quote>If that was what the people of DC and Maryland and/or Virginia wanted, then sure. However, MD and VA don't want DC, and DC doesn't want to be absorbed by one of them. They want to be their own state. The territories are the ones with a better argument for not being states imo, since in a practical sense they are relatively autonomous and culturally separated from the US; them choosing independence might make more sense. The citizens of DC are in no important way different from citizens of any of the 50 states, and there's no excuse for them not having a voice in Congress and yet to be uniquely subject to Congress's whims (e.g. Congress has blocked gun control in DC, which they would not be able to do for any state).</quote> The whims of Congress are the will of the People. Residents of DC don't have to live there. They are full US citizens and can move to and vote in another state. If I moved to a territory, I couldn't vote in most US elections either. These borders have existed for 200 years. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 Congratulations to DP Oblivion in the Guru Contest!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Topic List	Page List: 1