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grueztoday at 2:08 AM2 repliesview on HN

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The problem with political violence is that the other side will do the same thing, and you end up with an IRA situation where the country descends into sectarian violence.


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ceejayoztoday at 2:10 AM

The IRA situation had a slightly lower bodycount than the not-throwing-1930s-fascists-into-the-sea one, did it not?

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dragonwritertoday at 2:12 AM

The problem with refraining from political violence where it is warranted is that the other side will do it anyway and you end up dead.

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