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Re:Lavoisier died at age 50, on the guillotine by defen on Friday December 04, 2015 @04:39PM (#10679349)
> I agree it was a lot of bloodshed but eventually the change was huge.

Political mass-murder of innocent women and children, mass conscription (slave armies), total war, 5 million dead, entire regions devastated for generations...totally worth it though.

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Re:Lavoisier died at age 50, on the guillotine by jacquesm on Friday December 04, 2015 @04:53PM (#10679424)
> Political mass-murder of innocent women and children

What about the innocent men?

> totally worth it though.

That's up for debate.

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