tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post505260425795680318..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Chu Re-arranges the Deck Chairs on the KMTitanicMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-38940456360896683902015-02-15T05:27:31.354+08:002015-02-15T05:27:31.354+08:00On Hawaiian independence - I've long thought A...On Hawaiian independence - I've long thought America should formalize a process for joining and leaving the United States. It should include a vote in which at least half the eligible voters of the territory for the change, and a super-majority (3/5 or 2/3) of the people who show up to vote support the change. This would be to prevent a situation in which a territory changes its mind frequently - entering and leaving on whims.<br /><br />Of course each time a territory joined would also require some sort of approval by American voters or their representatives.<br /><br />Leaving would present some technical issues to work out too, particularly for strategically important places like Hawaii. But if a group of people don't want to be Americans, I don't want them to be part of my country.<br /><br />The really tricky part is deciding how big a region has to be before it can vote to leave. 3 people in a house shouldn't be able to vote to leave.<br /><br />One thing the article on the movement for Hawaiian independence left out is the amount of support it gets from Hawaiians. I suspect it is not very much.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11022381054458476229noreply@blogger.com