Texas leaving!?!

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by privateer

I'm pretty sure that when the 'Crazy people' in this part if the World decided to kick the king and his men out there was someone spouting the same nonsense.

Nobody "decided" to kick the King out. People protested and protested some more, but they didn't talk about leaving. When the Governors asked for troops people protested, but they didn't talk about leaving. When the legislatures argued with the Governors and the Governors disbanded the legislatures, the legislatures met in the pubs, but they didn't talk about leaving. The legislatures protested to the King and the King told them they'd take it and they'd like it, the protests got hot, but they still didn't talk about leaving. The King's soldiers opened fire on local militias (and the other way 'round) and they still didn't talk about leaving.

It wasn't until they'd been at war for almost a year that it finally sank in that there was no other choice at all that the states and finally the country as a whole finally said they'd had enough.

What would Texas really gain by this? What some people think is the right thing to do and what the people as a whole end up doing are not always the same thing. We'll see.

[Hottentot]

So wait, please explain to a dumb foreigner: suppose this succeeds. Texas is no more part of the United States? It becomes a what? An independent nation of Texas? And the international community is going recognize it just like that?

[Karle94]

Originally Posted by Hottentot

So wait, please explain to a dumb foreigner: suppose this succeeds. Texas is no more part of the United States? It becomes a what? An independent nation of Texas? And the international community is going recognize it just like that?

Maybe they´ll go back to Mexico.

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by Karle94

Maybe they´ll go back to Mexico.

not alive we wont


But considering the federal government has already abandoned us to what local illegals and spanish speaking radio openly calls "La Invasora" - we're pretty much already part of Mexico

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

What would Texas really gain by this?

(Spoiler warning for those who haven't seen the end of the show Jericho yet)

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Penguin

(Spoiler warning for those who haven't seen the end of the show Jericho yet)

I loved that show. Robert Hawkins ftw!

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by Oberon

I loved that show. Robert Hawkins ftw!

As you're a man of taste a warning: do NOT watch "Revolution". I was bitterly disppointed, the show has a similar theme, however it was brutally mainstreamized. - I'm not even touching things like logic, characters or acting talent....

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Penguin

As you're a man of taste a warning: do NOT watch "Revolution". I was bitterly disppointed, the show has a similar theme, however it was brutally mainstreamized. - I'm not even touching things like logic, characters or acting talent....

Daaaamn, I was hoping that would be good. The topic is good, a shame they had to break it.
You seen Falling Skies?

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Daaaamn, I was hoping that would be good. The topic is good, a shame they had to break it.
You seen Falling Skies?

Falling Skies had definitely its flaws but is waaay better than Revolution - you can compare the latter with the trainwreck that Terra Nova was. Really, it takes much effort to make crap when you have a cool topic. The problem is the effort to make it appeal to anyone. A least common denominator may result in a big audience, but I can't see how the writers can be happy, when everyone says 'meh' and nobody says 'yeah!'.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Penguin

Falling Skies had definitely its flaws but is waaay better than Revolution - you can compare the latter with the trainwreck that Terra Nova was. Really, it takes much effort to make crap when you have a cool topic. The problem is the effort to make it appeal to anyone. A least common denominator may result in a big audience, but I can't see how the writers can be happy, when everyone says 'meh' and nobody says 'yeah!'.

Yeah, Terra Nova had its moments, Stephen Lang was awesome, but then again he's good in most roles he's in. I found Terra Nova to be watchable, so I might just be able to get away with Revolution if I turn certain parts of my brain off.