Paine asks a series of rhetorical questions, intended to persuade readers to reflect on the way England was acting and to recognize that it was not being friendly and peaceful.
With that, we can say that the first answer option is the correct answer.
This question is related to the text "Common sense" written by Thomas Paine.
When reading this text, we can see that:
The paragraph where Paine raises these questions is:
"But examine the passions and feelings of mankind, Bring the doctrine of reconciliation to the touchstone of nature, and then tell me, whether you can hereafter love, honour, and faithfully serve the power that hath carried fire and sword into your land? [...] But if you say, you can still pass the violations over, then I ask, Hath your house been burnt? Hath your property been destroyed before your face? Are your wife and children destitute of a bed to lie on, or bread to live on? Have you lost a parent or a child by their hands, and yourself the ruined and wretched survivor? If you have not, then are you not a judge of those who have. But if you have, and still can shake hands with the murderers, then are you unworthy of the name of husband, father, friend, or lover [..]"
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