“Im not sure you understood what I wrote.”
I’m sure I did. You were counseling reasons why revolution is worse than it seems, citing that war is hell, the outcome is dubious, and that people don’t think it through. I was only pointing out that the Founders jumped into the cause and guided it successfully with, in many ways, less motivation than we might have. I’ve always been ambiguous about the revolution in that I love the outcome, but can’t possibly imagine supporting it beforehand. You and I, near as I can tell, would have made great Tories.
:) To sum it I would simply say there’s more to this event than ‘jumping’. Before you do that the homework better have been done and all Is dotted, Ts crossed. As for the Tory (Loyalist??) label I’d have to give that some careful thought. I’m not so sure today’s defn is what its been historically.