
Originally Posted by
Louis VI the Fat
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.
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