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If ever the LulzSec issue was one of black and white to me, it has now become gray. The symbol of the French revolution was the guillotine. The freedom of the

• cynicalkane 15y ago
  The freedom of the people wasn't won with the guillotine, either. What are you talking about?
  • bluedanieru 15y ago
    The guillotine certainly went a long way toward securing the freedom of countless peasants, and the effects of the French Revolution reverberated throughout Europe for the next 100 years at least.
    • Helianthus 15y ago
      >The guillotine certainly went a long way toward securing the freedom of countless peasants Uh, I disagree. (What did you read? Are you being sarcastic?) The French Revolution and accompanying Reign of Terror were symptoms if wild political instability, in which hundreds of people were wrongly killed at the same time the government troubled itself with renaming every month (for lulz?). This instability was seized upon by Napoleon, who restored the rule of law at the cost of dictatorship and many _extremely_ costly wars. The effects of the _idealism_ of the French Revolution reverberated around Europe, yes. But the effects of the blood and turmoil did, as well.
      • bluedanieru 15y ago
        You don't think that instability contributed to the ending of feudalism?