Quote Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat View Post
All the people His Majesty's Governments have ever dealt with for independence negotiations anywhere had been previously considered violent thugs, terrorists.

A few bombs explode, people get killed, then the regular army is deployed to kill even more people, after which the Crown then negotiates a settlement - in an atmosphere of perceived moral superiority, and of concessions made to thugs, nobly granted to keep the peace.


That is how the big empire can think itself a beacon of liberty, a bastion of sanity and reason, in an otherwise insane world.
I cannot possibly emphasize how true this statement is.