[Protagoras]

They were only successful

Period. That was my point. It matters not how you attain your goals.

I would be happy to be free again, the manner of attaining it is unimportant to me as long as it's peaceful.

[rebelsoldier]

If we as a colony had waited upon the expectation that King George would have allowed us our demands for liberty through non-violent means, we'd be the British States of America. Given enough time we could have eventually attained independence without bloodshed, but only because the parent government and society was more civilized than most others. Yet many innocent colonial lives might have been lost through enduring such a long period of bondage. As the descendant of soldiers of the American Revolution, thus my name "rebelsoldier", I'd prefer not being anyone's chattel slave and bootjack simply to avoid the conflict and violence that freedom usually requires.