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I don't disagree about a desire for independence but unless there have been huge civil rights abuses in Scotland in the last 40 years that I'm unaware of (maybe there have been, please correct me if there were) then then necessity for change is different.

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Well, it depends who you talk to, and honestly I haven't the time nor the inclination to get into the details of Scottish politics right now, but some would say the last 300 years of Scotland's history are one long human rights abuse. Some would disagree.

In JavaScript terms: Is Ireland === Scotland? or... Is Ireland == Scotland?

"last 300 years of Scotland's history are one long human rights abuse"

Apart from sectarian bigotry, which I don't think was ever quite as institutionalized as it was in NI, what human rights abuses are you referring to in the last ~100 years?

As a "Yes" voting Scot I have to say that I think the rights of Scots were treated with great respect by the rest of the UK - we wanted a referendum for independence and we got one.

I suspect '300 years' takes us back to 1707 and the Acts of Union.

I think most (not 'some') people would disagree with the hardline nationalist view that we've endured 300 years of human rights abuses since then.

Ireland != Scotland; there's no Scottish Bobby Sands and no Scottish Easter Rising. The sectarianism maps differently too. The Scottish independence movement is largely secular.

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