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pampango

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3. Younger Europeans in general don't seem to know as much about borders and nationalism

Reply to OnDoutside (Original post)

Wed Nov 29, 2017, 10:00 AM

Nov 2017

as older folks know. When you grow up with everyone living and working together, it is probably harder to get excited about drawing lines on a map to keep people apart.

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Brexit : British people are asked to draw the Irish border...what could go wrong ? [View all] OnDoutside Nov 2017 OP

If England leaves the EU...which is suicidal...than Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #1

Scotland, Ireland, Gibraltar zipplewrath Nov 2017 #4

That would be blocked by Spain, who would see that as a threat to their control of Catalonia. OnDoutside Nov 2017 #6

You'd have a civil war before that would happen. All parties agreed to the Good Friday Agreement, OnDoutside Nov 2017 #5

Economics zipplewrath Nov 2017 #8

I don't think so. Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #9

Some Brits can't cope with UK internal borders, let alone one with a neighboring country. Denzil_DC Nov 2017 #2

Younger Europeans in general don't seem to know as much about borders and nationalism pampango Nov 2017 #3

Bejaysus, what could possibly go wrong with that idea? Hekate Nov 2017 #7