Insaanistan wrote:Polish Prussian Commonwealth wrote:"We are not asking about your grandparents, although I'm sure they made what they thought was the best choice." Hillshire attempted to soothe the man. "We are asking whether or not Italy and Italians should have the right to decide it's own fate."
“Under the Insaani constitution, no region can leave. Do you also oppose the US intervention in the American Civil War? Do you suggest they simply should have let the Southerners have their own state?”
A vein on Hillshire's forehead visibly bulged, but he remained calm and continued to smile. Giuseppe flushed crimson, and opened his mouth to respond, but Hillshire waved him down and responded himself. "I hope you are not insinuating that allowing Italians to choose whether to remain with Insaanistan is equivalent to slavery." He began. "But let's play that game. Do you suggest that Ireland has no right to exist? Do you suggest that the Baltic states should not have revolted against Communist rule? Do you suggest that America should have remained a British colony? Secession, sir, is a tool. Let us judge the motivations of those who use that tool instead of the tool itself."