Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10975360-20140317155128/@comment-32656-20140710123831

Any past era, imo, is "more violent" than our current standards. Has to be measured in context, or else it is meaningless.

Cromwell got that reputation from the Royalists that took power after he died, and the rise of Irish nationalism in the 1800s. More the latter, in fact.

Spartian, you've tarred yourself with the brush, there - so you know.