And now for another installment of who's the villain.
Civil unrest in Wexford county Ireland was bringing the heavy hand of the Regulars to town. In a bid to spare the town from its sworn defender, the English Crown, loyalist Fr John Murphy had the men of his parish sign oaths of loyalty to the crown (which is in and of itself immoral as loyalty to a man who claims to be the the head of the church when he is not pope is gravely sinful). The Wexford men were given 14 days to surrender all weapons but the collection effort yielded few firearms (mostly because the poor Irish just didn't have many). After only 3 days the commanding officer became impatient and ordered troops door to door. Looting, beatings, floggings, and shootings of the Wexford men ensued, even before some had time to comply. After 170 homes and the church had been burned down the Wexford people retreated into the fields to be spared the brutality. Fr Murphy now counseled the men to fight. 1000 men now with only 50 firearms assembled and after a few short surprise victorious skirmishes, the Wexford men were slaughtered by massive infantry assaults and cannon fire. Fr John Murphy was executed for being a traitor.
The loyalist has to rejoice that swift justice was met out to this Irish rabble and the traitorous catholic priest was murdered.
The rest of us know who the real villain is.