The Reign of Terror is Unjustified

1. France VS its bordering countriesOnce again, I must state that ALL men were forced to sign the military draft. The was no disagreement, no room for a management, or even any incentive, except, "say a bad word about this and you die by guillotine". My opponent notes HIMSELF that people died battling the counter-revolutionaries. One, he has to justify the deaths of those counter-revolutionaries. Two, he also has to justify the deaths of those REVOLUTIONARIES themselves. Besides, my opponent's map CLEARLY shows that France was out-numbered. Who wants to stay in a country where they CANNOT RESPECT RELIGION, HAVE THEIR PRIVACY INVADED, HAVE A GROUP OF ABSOLUTE POWER, AND THEY CAN'T EVEN SAY A BAD THING ABOUT IT!! --And not to mention that they could die and lose against so much of France's enemies. It was tough, really. There's a reason so many nobles escaped to Austria during the Reign of Terror.2. Reign of Terror leading to monarchyThe problem with my opponent's assumption is that the Reign of Terror somehow lead to, a gazillion years later, the republic France. But that's not right. The most immediate effect was the reign of Napoleon. And was Napoleon justified? Of course not. He became a dictator and greedily sought to take over the world. He declared himself emperor and went on to take absolute power. After so much killing and invasion of rights, what do we have? We do not have a democracy. The French Revolution did not lead to a democracy. Even Napoleon's "Republic" was instantly ruined by his ambition and pride. In fact, the real republic was NOT caused by The Terror or this particular revolution AT ALL! They had to revolt ONCE AGAIN for a real republic. "Following the overthrow of Louis Philippe in February, the elected government of the Second Republic ruled France. In the months that followed, this government steered a course that became more conservative. On 23 June 1848, the people of Paris rose in insurrection,[1] which became known as June Days Uprising - a bloody but unsuccessful rebellion by the Paris workers against a conservative turn in the Republic's course. On 2 December 1848, Louis Napoleon was elected President of the Second Republic, largely on peasant support. Exactly four years later he suspended the elected assembly, establishing the Second French Empire, which lasted until 1871." Wikipedia's page on the 1848 French Revolution states. [http://en.wikipedia.org...] As we can see here the Terror had ZERO involvement in this. The NEW rebellion was necessary for the democracy, which makes the Terror completely unnecessary. The counter-revolutionaries WERE justified after all. They knew all the killings would not lead to a democracy.3. Counter-revolutionariesThe people LOSE their freedom, a key figure of democracy. They have lost more freedoms through The Terror than even BEFORE the terror. Did Louis send spies to investigate? I think not. Did HE chop off 12 heads in 5 minutes? Nope. Did HE destroy the church, even if they were technically battling for power over the people? No! We see even Louis is more kind and gentle on the people than Robespierre! Not to mention HE would not have lead the people into the crazy war with huge losses of the population, if we assume the revolution never happened.My opponent offers no support for the so-called "corruption" of the Catholic church.Back to you.