Emasculation would surely when something was taken from you, not when it was given away?
In any case, its one of the difficulties of controlling human behaviour with the law.
It seems reasonable to say that everybody in [Europe*] should be treated equally. Given that, then the initial statement of all laws should be identical also seems a reasonable start.
Then the escalation to all law changes to a certain set of laws should be approved centrally also seems reasonable.
Where it goes wrong, for me, is not that we have to ask but that a bunch of unrealistic, idealist other world idiots then get to make the decision.
We should be quicker to a stronger stand point. We should play hard ball more often, should indulge in more brinkmanship, and generally should be a great deal harder to manage than we are.
This debate and referendum may bring that.
You said in your previous note something like "If I believed or could be convinced that in the future...."
That is a *very* valid and important point.
I think we were walking placidly to the slaughter, perhaps now we are not....
"Do we think that this referendum, the new found levels of attention from the electorate, and the precedence set by this current renegotiation will bring a new era where we are not so blindly subservient and are more prepared to fight for what is right for us?
Do we believe that we want to be part of the EU, but are determined to make it a place that is valuable to us, albeit accepting that we must compromise at times?"
That may well be as good a criteria for your voting decision as any.
*The world, really.
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