See, a visionary. He'd fit right into most governments today. On 2/28/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh yeah, he was a freaking gem of a man. Please. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Marat > > -- > A member of the radical Jacobin faction during the French Revolution, he > helped to launch the Reign of Terror. > > From a relatively early date, Marat advocated doing away with the monarchy > and raged against more moderate revolutionary leaders. In July 1790 he wrote > "Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom > and happiness. A false humanity has held your arms and suspended your blows; > because of this millions of your brothers will lose their lives." He approved > of the September 1792 massacres of jailed "enemies of the Revolution" and > established the "Committee of Surveillance" whose role was to root out > antirevolutionaries. Marat composed the death lists from which the innocent > and the guilty alike were executed. One of his victims may have been the > chemist Antoine Lavoisier.
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