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Scotland is fortunate in not having recently suffered such troubles; and despite the fact that many of the ingredients of the Northern Irish situation are present, for example, in Western Central Scotland, it seems unlikely that she will. Nevertheless, suppose for a moment that she did; and suppose that for a time she was faced with the apparent Northern Irish choice – 'British' (or English and Welsh) troops, or civil war between the inhabitants of Scotland; and suppose that the overwhelming majority of the inhabitants of Scotland wanted the 'British' troops to stay, at least for the time being, to preserve order. In that case, on the^: Northern Irish precedent, it would surely be considered the moral responsibility of the majority (or overall) power of 'Great Britain' to keep the 'British' power in the part of 'Great Britain' known as Scotland -- even though to do so might be directly against the interests of the inhabitants of the remainder of 'Great Britain'.

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