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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
And I would be willing to bet that all had legitimate causes for independence. Would you like me to list regions that have declared independence and never received international recogntion? We could play that game all day...
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How many of those wannabe nations were denied recognition after negotiating to separate from their countries?
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Again, like the Yugoslavia and Soviet Union examples, you have a country that comprised of entities that had a history of being independent countries but amalgamated for vaious political reasons. In the example of Czechs and Slovaks, the decision wasn't even their own. Not relavent to the discussion at all.
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Irrelevant. Please answer the question: Given that Canada would be the first nation to recognize an independent Alberta (or Quebec), why would other nations not follow suit?
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Show me an example of a country that became independent but; a) never had a history of independence, b) shares the same culture and language of the country it belonged to, c) did not suffer tragedies such as genocides, and d) is not inaccessible due to being overseas.
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Irrelevant. We're talking about how the world might react if Alberta voted for independence. If you want to debate the likelihood of us getting to such a point in the first place, that's all well and fine, but don't change the subject because you want to dodge answering a pointed question.