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A comment on The Revolution Against the Revolution: Looking Back on Shays’ Rebellion. Parent comment

Re:The Revolution Against the Revolution: Looking Back on Sh... by throwawayjava on Thursday August 16, 2018 @05:50PM (#17778706)
> The reasonable justification... successful rebellion

I suppose we all would've spilled less ink if you had just led with "might makes right" :-)

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Re:The Revolution Against the Revolution: Looking Back on Sh... by ameister14 on Thursday August 16, 2018 @09:05PM (#17779599)
It's foolish to ignore things that have led to armed conflict and focus on what's fair. I mentioned several reasons, but yes, the need to balance potential for armed conflict is one. Should it not be?
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