Reply #298: So, Sir, You Consider Persons Who Throw A Coup To Be Criminals? [View All]

[The Magistrate]

You are aware, are you not, that matters of suppressing revolution or counter-revolution often are not so cut and dried as the things a beat cop deals with? You are aware that, as it is with organized criminal gangs, the known leaders often are not readily connected with the actual execution of the orders they give? You are also aware that where revolution or counter-revolution is a sensible political force, actions to apprehend leaders may need to be very circumspect, and generally tailored to avoid provoking violent outbreaks?