Carluke_Hibee
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Does the question sway your vote?
Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country?
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No,i'm intelligent enough like most of the Electorate to know what it entails.
Tyneside Hibs
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I think the fact that 16 year-olds will be voting in the referendum is bizarre. I still can't get my head around it.
Carluke_Hibee
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Why?
Tyneside Hibs
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Carluke_Hibee
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No, its straight forward
egb_hibs
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sorry K but the highlight of he ' time warp' for me is you got your 'gay marriage' name back. Wtf were you thinking about smurfy?
emerald green
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levenhibee
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I suppose we would be just as independant as the United Kingdom currently is just now.
Jack
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I don't understand the question.
Of course I'm as bright as a slice of bread according to some of these politicos and whatever question was put forward there's no way it could be explained to me over the next two years in a way I could understand. I envy them their intellect.
Of course I'm as bright as a slice of bread according to some of these politicos and whatever question was put forward there's no way it could be explained to me over the next two years in a way I could understand. I envy them their intellect.
Hibbie0762
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No - in common with a fair proportion of the Scottish Electorate, I suspect, I made my mind up on this issue a long time ago and am highly unlikely to change it now.
I will still be interested to see what the Electoral Commision have to say about it, though :approve:
Tomsk09
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If that is how the question is worded I will know exactly how to vote. And, to answer the question posed in this thread, the proposed referendum wording doesn't sway me in the slightest.
However, I do detect the nuance of emotional appeal in the wording and the use of the word 'independent' is not accurate. The question should be worded something along the lines of: Do you wish Scotland to dissolve from its political union with the rest of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? Bit wordy but more accurate.
One way or the other we will all know how to vote on the day.
However, I do detect the nuance of emotional appeal in the wording and the use of the word 'independent' is not accurate. The question should be worded something along the lines of: Do you wish Scotland to dissolve from its political union with the rest of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? Bit wordy but more accurate.
One way or the other we will all know how to vote on the day.
Nex
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The whole "wording of the question" thing was pretty much only brought up by Unionists with nothing else to attack.
Personally I feel the question should be the more accurate "Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country AGAIN?" but neither would make a difference.
As long as people get given full and open information about what each choice will mean they will make their decisions based on that. So the pro-union onslaught by the BBC is a far bigger issue than the questions wording.
Personally I feel the question should be the more accurate "Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country AGAIN?" but neither would make a difference.
As long as people get given full and open information about what each choice will mean they will make their decisions based on that. So the pro-union onslaught by the BBC is a far bigger issue than the questions wording.
Plasticman
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good point Cardude, well made, I think being posed like that would encourage a yes vote amongst many people, as compared to "Do you think that Scotland should split from the rest of the United Kingdom?"
Not everyone thinks as deeply about it as perhaps those of us who discuss / argue about it on forums such as this, and the way that is phrased is quite emotive - appealing to base thoughts.
Lots of information should be presented from both sides, the stick with the union side should be more positive about its reasons. They way they have gone about it, along with good arguments on here, sway me towards splitting from the union where I naturaly feel we should remain part of it. But a lot of people have a gut reaction to the question and the way that it is presented is very important so that we get the right answer, whatever that may be, for the future of our country.
Not everyone thinks as deeply about it as perhaps those of us who discuss / argue about it on forums such as this, and the way that is phrased is quite emotive - appealing to base thoughts.
Lots of information should be presented from both sides, the stick with the union side should be more positive about its reasons. They way they have gone about it, along with good arguments on here, sway me towards splitting from the union where I naturaly feel we should remain part of it. But a lot of people have a gut reaction to the question and the way that it is presented is very important so that we get the right answer, whatever that may be, for the future of our country.
Highland Hibby
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Theres a lot of stoopid people out there and 95% of them have got a vote. The word agree is a buzzword and highlights a positive side and subconciously people want to be agreeable and positive. "Do you want scotland to be independent" is good enough. "Do you agree Scotland should remain part of the united kingdom" surely there is a difference in slant between that and the proposed question thus neither are suitable.