Zerodin,
Your post, to say the least, was eloquently stated.
I brought up the "Baylor Massacre" mostly to make a point, rather than advocate their methods.
The British didn't afford the Colonists the courtesies of war. They looked at them as traitors only, not having any status as a legitimate army. The Miltiamen in the barn did not expect to be bayoneted in their sleep, as a courtesy of war. When that did happen they adopted the attitude, if we can't sleep in peace, why should the British be able to? Maybe it was an 18th century version of PsyOps.
I understand your point though, and you are right.