Is Scottish independence a 'good or bad' thing?

Taking benefits (or money) away from people that need help is not attacking the poor? Seriously?
What about the tax cut offered to millionaires by the Tories, which Ed Balls today announced he would reverse if Labour win next year?

There have been a few (and I mean, very few) polls that have won in support for independence. Not every poll has been won in support for the union, but I do concede that majority have.

I mean that they are making a poor decision. Not they are "mad mentally" as in they are nuts.

You have to ask yourself the question if you hold a
Minority viewpoint about whether or not your opinion is actually at fault.

Roll on September. I'm just wondering what you'll do in the event of a no vote. How will you cope with the realisation that the majority of us don't share your viewpoints.

Really? Denmark and the UK don't have the euro currency. Why were they not forced to join?

Plain ignorance here. The current treaty of the EU requires any new member state to commit to joining the Euro. You won't be forced to join, but at some point in Scotland's future you will have the euro.

Roll on September. I'm just wondering what you'll do in the event of a no vote. How will you cope with the realisation that the majority of us don't share your viewpoints.

Not much you can do. Everyone will have to accept the outcome of the referendum.

How about keep campaigning for independence?
I don't think the SNP will give up on their ambition if they lose the referendum.

We do not have to choose a currency that someone tells an independent Scotland to join. That is not how it works.

Entirely correct, but you may very well not get into the European Union then. No one can force a currency on a state, but you have to realise actions have consequences.

For heaven's sake, I'll say it again: "The UK and Denmark are members of the European Union, and they were not forced to join the euro." Stop this silly scaremongering, it is pointless.

I don't doubt they will. But when opinion polls show no desire for it, if a no vote is returned in September which is most likely to be the outcome, how do they continue to campaign for it when the evidence says they won't get it.

Personally I think we would be well shot of Scotland. They have done nothing but whinge for nearly two millenia. Even the Romans had the sense not to occupy the place. What concerns me is that our treasury is still going to be under writing their national debt. That is not true independence.

How about keep campaigning for independence?
I don't think the SNP will give up on their ambition if they lose the referendum.

For heaven's sake, I'll say it again: "The UK and Denmark are members of the European Union, and they were not forced to join the euro." Stop this silly scaremongering, it is pointless.

If I had £1 for every time an SNP supporter had used "scaremongering" I'd be a very happy (and wealthier) man.

Try to be realistic, or you'll start to look foolish. The difference is, of course, that Britain and Denmark were negotiating from within, and a position of strength. The other members could not stomach either of them leaving. Scotland's position will be far, far weaker. Frankly it won't be very significant to anyone, except perhaps the UK, whether Scotland joins (though I can imagine the Spanish might have an axe to grind against accession) and there certainly won't be any concessions flying around in order to entice them in.

The expectation is that any new member will have to sign up to join the euro in due course (with no opt-outs available) though, as Sweden and others have shown, there are ways to postpone that day - and a lack of convergence is one of them.

They are absolutely mad to reject independence. Why would you want to stop your own country that you care so much from self-determination?