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To: GeronL; Beelzebubba; CodeToad

They also made buying and selling with gold or silver coins a guillotine offense. You had to accept their worthless paper, or off with your head. They even ran “sting” operations to catch people at it.


29 posted on 04/21/2011 4:53:46 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

There is a very good reason why this was called the Reign of Terror.


33 posted on 04/21/2011 5:11:08 PM PDT by cradle of freedom (Long live the Republic !)
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To: Travis McGee

And leftists see the Reign of Terror as a wonderful thing apparently


77 posted on 04/22/2011 8:42:40 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: Travis McGee

Did they have “no knock worrants” as well?


84 posted on 04/22/2011 2:02:58 PM PDT by magslinger (What Would Stephen Decatur Do?)
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