# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/41 "2011-04-27T22:28:56Z")
> [@Astroboy14](#): > > Shall I put you down as “pro revolution” then? Mmmm, I was thinking more of Haiti or some African country. Although I do get nervous about voting machine fraud every Election Day now. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/42 "2011-04-27T22:45:50Z")
I always side with the Revolutionaries. Unless there’s something good on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Marc\_Xenos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Marc\_Xenos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marc_Xenos)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/43 "2011-04-27T23:07:05Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > That sounds like a severe change in the way of things, so my answer is effectively unchanged. 😃 So, you said you were not in the Revolution camp. Yet, by disobeying an order of the President, because it’s a severe change in the way of things, you would have to be in a military revolution against the President. Sound a lot like the junta in Latin American countries. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/44 "2011-04-28T00:12:20Z")
> [@Marc\_Xenos](#): > > So, you said you were not in the Revolution camp. Yet, by disobeying an order of the President, because it’s a severe change in the way of things, you would have to be in a military revolution against the President. Sound a lot like the junta in Latin American countries. I’m saying it would take a severe change in things for any of that to happen. _shrug_ ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/45 "2011-04-28T01:44:45Z")
Personally, like “The Russia House” I think lists of questions tell a lot about who is asking. ---
**Author:** ![StaudtCJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@StaudtCJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StaudtCJ)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/46 "2011-04-28T02:28:41Z")
I’m going to ostensibly be revolutionary, and report to the status quo. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/47 "2011-04-28T04:58:43Z")
Whichever one is less likely to get me killed. ---
**Author:** ![Marc\_Xenos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Marc\_Xenos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marc_Xenos)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/48 "2011-04-28T09:52:05Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > I’m saying it would take a severe change in things for any of that to happen. _shrug_ Well, duh. The last attempt we had at a revolution was 150 years ago. So, if such an event were to occur today, would you find yourself to be a conservative anarchist, or a liberal conformist? My answer would be… Yes. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/49 "2011-04-28T18:16:18Z")
It would depend on two things: 1. What the revolution’s about- I’m not going to revolt over something asinine that can be better handled through legislation or the courts, but I’m all about revolution if the government is seriously flaunting the rule of law, the Constitution, or a few other deal-breaking things. 2. What kind of critical mass the revolution has. I’d probably pass on a revolution until it is a big enough/widespread enough movement to seriously challenge the status quo. Otherwise I’d be setting me and mine up for retribution when it’s all over. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/50 "2011-05-04T03:37:16Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I always side with the Revolutionaries. Unless there’s something good on TV. Like Celebrity Apprentice? ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/51 "2011-05-04T10:01:02Z")
Monty Burns: Smithers, we’re at war! Smithers: I’ll begin profiteering, sir. Monty Burns: And hoarding ---
**Author:** ![Marc\_Xenos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Marc\_Xenos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marc_Xenos)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601/52 "2011-05-04T22:19:10Z")
> [@Kozmik](#): > > Like Celebrity Apprentice? Nah, I lost interest. If that’s an example of the business world, then no wonder we had a global economic meltdown. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-are-you-on/579601.md?page=2)