"Napoleonic Wars: No Good Guys" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 08 Sep 2018 9:20 a.m. PST |
You were asked – TMP link Was There a "Good Guy" in the Napoleonic Wars?45% said "nobody was a 'good guy'"
42% said "yes, there was a 'good guy'" |
| Garth in the Park | 08 Sep 2018 9:37 a.m. PST |
The Google Machine tells me that this topic is guaranteed to generate fireworks: TMP link TMP link 
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| ToysnSoldiers | 08 Sep 2018 10:04 a.m. PST |
Internet era: when people decided by voting about the moral quality of the people of the past. Amazing |
| 14Bore | 08 Sep 2018 10:07 a.m. PST |
The majority makes no sense to me. |
| magical monstrous steve | 08 Sep 2018 3:40 p.m. PST |
What is the definition of "good guy?" You could argue that the North in the ACW was the good guy, but they did engage in civilly rights violations in Maryland. Until the Angelic host comes down on judgement day every one will be at least a little bad. |
| Edwulf | 09 Sep 2018 4:13 a.m. PST |
Any side GB is on… default good guy. |
| Nine pound round | 09 Sep 2018 7:05 a.m. PST |
Does that apply to the Confederacy? |
| Hector Blackwolf | 11 Sep 2018 5:16 p.m. PST |
Wars, and indeed politics, rarely have 'good guys'. Sometimes one side might be nastier than the other, but even then it is a matter of degrees. Conflict arises from rival groups of elites who wish to both exploit the same area and its population; or from rival groups who wish to exploit the same resource, or who view each other as existential threats. Both sides in the Napoleonic Wars had a point. From the French viewpoint the ancient regime was determined to crush the ideals of the Revolution and would not accept a Bonaparte Monarchy. For the Coalition, Republican France was an anarchist scourge and Napoleon bent on conquest of the continent. This is an oversimplification, but no one in government wanted a lasting peace without victory. It was a zero sum game, to win, one had to lose. Both sides fought to survive. I don't see that as 'good' either way. |
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