---And your point? That if only people hadn't written so many damn petitions back then it would have been a lot more peaceful? Rather novel take on history there.---
My point is that some people were so taken with themselves and their cause that they escalated things right up the scale, because they and their cause were oh so important.
So... believing too fervently in a cause might lead to offenses against public order. Got it, I'll be sure to keep that in mind, and not let myself be carried that far. I think I can confidently say the same about my fellow freepers, at least on this issue.