> it's in fact easier to make that same argument about the French Revolution than it is about Tiananmen Square No, it isn't, because your argument depends on t

> it's in fact easier to make that same argument about the French Revolution than it is about Tiananmen Square No, it isn't, because your argument depends on the "end" being an escape from "absolute monarchism" into democracy. Even if you believe the ends justify the means in general, the argument doesn't work when the end result is not very good.