# Which side are you on **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 25, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601 "2011-04-25T00:17:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mutantmoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@mutantmoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mutantmoose)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/1 "2011-04-25T00:17:22Z")
When the shit hits the fan? Only two options - you’re either for or against ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/2 "2011-04-25T00:49:47Z")
Probably the status quo. I’m not a fighter. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/3 "2011-04-25T01:10:44Z")
I’m pretty much on the winning team now. So odds are I’d do worse after _La Revolucion_. But what the heck, I’m an adventurer at heart. Now an overage, overweight adventurer, but an adventurer nonetheless. _Aux Barricades mon ami’s_!! ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/4 "2011-04-25T02:48:19Z")
Status quo. Not that it’s always all that great, but it’s got a way of coming back after all the shooting’s done. Especially if we didn’t really ever understand what set it up in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/5 "2011-04-25T03:08:59Z")
Probably status quo, I’m Canadian, I love apathy. ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/6 "2011-04-25T03:10:00Z")
Status quo. Revolutions, however well intentioned on a broad scale, have a tendency to reward the violent, smarmy, and devious at the expense of the productive and upright. ---
**Author:** ![horsetech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@horsetech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horsetech)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/7 "2011-04-25T05:46:41Z")
The upside? The near side? The Far Side? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/8 "2011-04-25T07:13:40Z")
I am firmly against any shit hitting fans. Seriously though, I would probably be for the status quo. Revolution has a way of being often worse than what was being rebelled against. While I like adventure, it would take a massively just cause to get me to take to the streets. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/9 "2011-04-25T09:01:40Z")
I’m for the revolution, only because it’s sometimes a good thing to shake the status quo out of its lethargy. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/10 "2011-04-25T10:56:44Z")
The revolution. I’ve never been happy with the status quo. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/11 "2011-04-25T14:31:36Z")
Once again, _[the Family Circus](http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/8915/familycircus1925.jpg)_ has already covered this ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/12 "2011-04-25T14:51:10Z")
Depends entirely on what the frakas is about. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/13 "2011-04-25T14:55:43Z")
_Wherever windward shall be there ye shall find thee._ ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/14 "2011-04-25T14:57:44Z")
I have to go with the Revolution. I look good in my Che Guevara shirt. Plus, I really liked _Purple Rain_. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/15 "2011-04-25T16:22:07Z")
I’d have to know who was revolting. Look at the Spanish Civil War, for instance: the legitimate elected gov’t was leftist and the rightists were the revolutionaries, supported and armed by Hitler and Mussolini. Fortunately, the freedom-loving nations of the world stepped in to protect the democratically elected gov’t of Spain from the fascists. Didn’t they? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/16 "2011-04-25T16:27:06Z")
Reluctantly with the Revolution. There are things that need to be changed. I’d rather a more gradual approach, but if my choice is no change or violent change, I would rather try to be a moderating influence on the side of change. ---
**Author:** ![Parenchyma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Parenchyma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parenchyma)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/17 "2011-04-25T19:03:50Z")
Pete Seeger weighs in with [the classic.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iAIM02kv0g) And Billy Bragg [updates it.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbddqXib814&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/18 "2011-04-25T19:16:40Z")
> [@athelas](#): > > Status quo. Revolutions, however well intentioned on a broad scale, have a tendency to reward the violent, smarmy, and devious at the expense of the productive and upright. Why do you hate America? 😃 I’d probably be revolting, but my role would really depend on what the rebels were all about. If it was Tea Partiers revolting to an even darker, more liberal POTUS I’d join just to become a mole or to sow discontent within the ranks and facilitate the collapse of the rebellion. On the other hand, if Jeb Bush gets within spitting distance of the White House I’ll…I’ll…um…well I’d really approve of something getting done about that. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/19 "2011-04-25T19:37:42Z")
Attica attica attica attica. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/20 "2011-04-25T19:42:18Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Attica attica attica attica. Is that the sound of you firing the guns? Or are you taking fire with the rest of us? 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601.md?page=2)