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Wut? The American Revolutionary War resolved the conflict between the two parties rather satisfactorily. I did not claim that it ended all violence.

• kafkaesq 11y ago
  Could you provide some notable examples where violence has resolved issues in the long term and did not lead to more issues/violence? Was the original question. The point is that while it solved one conflict, it deferred and prolonged another (quite major) one -- which might well had been resolved had the colonies not seceded from the Crown.
  • redblacktree 11y ago
    Sure, and with the vague definition of "issues," you can move the goalposts all day long.
    • kafkaesq 11y ago
      90 years of slavery that very likely would have been severely restricted in 1807 and abolished outright in 1833 (based on certain major events relating to slavery in the British empire, which I'm sure you're aware of) might sound "vague" to you, but most likely it wasn't to those affected.
  • spacehome 11y ago
    There were also a lot of other conflicts on that list with a promise I could provide more. OK, how about this: The execution of John Wayne Gacy.