The quote is more reasonable in context: http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/96oct/obrien/blood.htm http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/96oct/ob

The quote is more reasonable in context: http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/96oct/obrien/blood.htm http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/96oct/obrien/blo... He's referring to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shays_Rebellion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shays_Rebellion