[Bloody Sam Roberts]

It separated the sheep from the goats.

More like the sheep from the sheepdogs.

[sport]

I would opine that it separated the Freedom Lovers from those that love the feel of the Government boot on the back of their necks pressing down.

Actually , again in my opinion, the issue was: Can the Government, at the point of a gun, with the intent to apply deadly force to those who object, take the property and the fruits of the labor of a free citizen? There were those who had no problem with that. I suppose that if it had been their property, they may have felt different. and there were those who did not think so.

Now if it had been the County Sheriff with a writ to seize, it would have been a horse of a different color. Not 200 bloodthirsty mercs.