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As some of you may have guessed by now, one of my side interests when I'm not sitting in front of a computer is the study of history. A year ago, I read a short biography of Napoleon (no pun intended) and decided it was time to get more acquainted with the French Revolution, the turbulent time that spawned the great general. One of the more noble events during an often ugly, tyrannical series of events occurred on 20 June 1789, when the King, in an attempt to halt the democratizing process he had inadvertently begun, disbanded the legislature, known as the States-General. Vowing not to be stopped, all of the members of the States-General marched, in alphabetical order, to the King's Tennis Court and signed what became known as the Tennis Court Oath, promising to stick together until they had created a constitution for their country.

Now, that's bravery and patriotism. However, even in the midst of human nobility, there's always a weasel. All of the members of the States-General signed the Oath, sure, but one of them - Martin Dauch, a lawyer and representative of Castelnaudary - signed, but then wrote after his name one word: "opposed". Way to play both sides, Monsieur Dauch!