I hereby renounce my American citizenship, and declare that I am taking my property with me out of the union. The sovereign territory of New Delaware in both California and Washington State, thus, is no long subject to the hegemony of the Fifty.
New Delaware's independence does not depend on the recognition of third parties. Iran does not recognise Israel, yet would you insist that Israel does not exist?
So, same reason your mother kept the scalpel that was used to cut your umbilical cord, then? Never mind the fact that she keeps it in her pocket, gently and lovingly stroking it with her thumb while she stares icily at you across the dining room table every night at dinner.
All the more reason why the woman who reared you would slit your throat with that scalpel while wearing a peaceful and contented smile, and then sleep better than night than she has in almost 20 years.
Skin's not, not a bit. Skin's got his freaky deviant kink, and that ain't it. But yours... well, shit, you make Skin look like a goddamn Puritan.
Skin's pretty sure that what we're all trying to say is... So long and fuck off, faggot. You will not be missed.
I'm pretty sure that the answer to your question is one of the reasons cited for making human cloning illegal . . .
Lots of rebellion, independence, complete lack of any emotional bond with spawners. Didn't work out very well, obviously.
What? No one's brought up a Civil War / Butcher Abe reference? I guess when we're talking about Delaware leaving, no one's got a problem.