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Fair enough.;-)

"Upon this, one has to remark that men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge. -- Machiavelli

Machievelli had a point. I'm thinking of Bloody Sunday in which 14 unarmed Irish Catholic men and teenagers were killed by troops in 1972. No women or kids, so I agree it's not a direct match to current events. But Bloody Sunday didn't dissuade the IRA- quite the opposite, it caused a big boost in prestige and recruitment for the Provisional (violent) branch as well as easier international fundraising to support the fight against the oppressor. Maybe that put back by a few years the peace that eventually broke out despite the psychopath minority on both sides. Who knows.

As always, time goes by and people forget. To many, Bloody Sunday now would be just the name of a song by an oldster band. Doesn't help the women who still visit graves on 30 January every year to remember and reflect on what might have been.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgyVvoODWGA

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