There Are Many Considerations For Scottish Independence... And There Is Something Truly Exhilarating

[MineralMan]

31. I know what you said. I said that I'm not all that sure

that people voted No out of fear. Concern, perhaps, about the viability of an independent Scotland. That's a valid thing to consider in such a major change. Others, perhaps, simply like the association between England and Scotland. Not everyone hates England in Scotland, of course.

But, frankly, I wouldn't try to characterize the No voters. I'm not in Scotland. I didn't even know about the election until recently. I assume, though, that Scots did know about it for a long time. Whatever their reasons, a majority there voted against independence from the UK. There was a simple election measure. The advocates of independence lost.

You may think it was fear, but I don't have your insights into the Scottish voting public, perhaps. I don't follow politics in the UK very much at all. There are much more interesting political issues elsewhere in the world. Elections are funny things. They often don't go the way some people want them to go. Here in the US, we have one house of Congress that has a Republican majority. Despite that, many Democratic voters don't even bother to go to the polls. Go figure.