Rebellion - Armed Uprisings in America following the Revolution

[Mister Mister]

http://historyandancestry.wordpress.com/2013/09/06/rebellion-armed-uprisings-in-america-following-the-revolution/comment-page-1/#comment-104Kind of disturbing/amusing article, about the force used by the early American government to impose taxes on people who resisted, and how this shows we should never question or resist government because of what the "founding fathers" said.  Pretty transparent, but people can't see the obvious.  He invokes this great language about how the government was just because it was established "by the people" (not counting the brown, black, red, or female people) when the history shows that the government was "legitimate" because George Washington commanded the army.

[ThomasDoubts]

     To my mind, anytime the initiation of the use of force is used against you, you have the right and justification to reply in kind.  Beyond that, all considerations become practical and tactical.

 

 

"The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government."

 

     What gives any man or group of men the right to presuppose another's obedience?  It's just another way of arguing the validity of a social contract that does not exist as was signed by nobody.  If an implicit agreement exists, it would be reached through the act of voting, and only be valid for the time alloted in office for the elected representitive.