by
ALLAN MASSIE
In
any democracy, many people endure a government they didn’t vote for. There is
still time to think, writes Allan Massie
I
can understand why many will vote Yes. I can’t fathom the thinking of those who
say: “Let’s give independence a try.” This is like saying, “Let’s try suicide”.
If you bring it off, there’s no way back.
Independence
is not an experiment we can abandon if we decide it isn’t working. It’s not
like resigning from a club because you’ve fallen out with the committee and
then re-applying for membership a few years later.
I’m
lucky. I’ve never had any difficulty deciding how to vote tomorrow. I’m a
Unionist, always have been. Of course, like almost every Scot, I’ve had my
nationalist moments, sometimes sparked by momentary indignation when I’ve
muttered “Bloody English”, other times patriotically proud or boastful when I
think that no small nation except, one admits, the Jews and the Ancient Greeks,
has given more of value to the world than the Scots.
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