I have always been bitterly amused at the American cultural blindness to the actual nature of the founding, not to mention the Civil War. The notion that violence never solves anything is historically specious. Heinlein says it best:
:Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and their freedoms."
This is objective truth, whether you like it or not. So deal with it.
I have always been bitterly amused at the American cultural blindness to the actual nature of the founding, not to mention the Civil War. The notion that violence never solves anything is historically specious. Heinlein says it best:
:Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and their freedoms."
This is objective truth, whether you like it or not. So deal with it.