On Sun, 2 May 1999, Ranma Al'Thor wrote:

The Black Moon Resistance are noble and self-sacrificing too much, and the
philosophy of the Black Moon as shown in the anime bears no resemblence to
it.  Their philosophy was basically, 'The Strong Survive, the Weak are
crushed, you kicked us off the Earth, now you're all going to die'.  It's
clear in the canon that the Black Moon family didn't reject Serenity's
rule because of any philosophical guff about the right of people to be
evil; they were evil, though also human, and thus redeemable (a major
theme of Sailor Moon).  

After a few hundred years of being left to stew in exile, on an "evil"
planet controlled by an "evil" force, well, they're going to be evil coming
out, even if they're not evil going in.

Besides, one of the points of stories like this is that Sailor Moon's view of
good and evil is too simplistic.  The Black Moon might be like that in canon,
but they _shouldn't_, not at the start, anyway.

The cynic in me also observes that these rebels are all military men, men
who will lose their jobs and their reasons for existing if Serenity
triumphs, and that one of their fundamental motives is likely their desire
to prevent the loss of their jobs and their purpose in life; what use does
a peaceful land have for soldiers?

Imagine that the rebels did have completely pure motives.  You'd see _exactly
the same thing_--the last survivors would be soldiers who die or get exiled
fighting to the end.

The fact that the rebels are soldiers proves nothing.  You'd see that no matter
what their motives.

I can also observe that the enemy is called Sailor _Senshi_ for a reason.
It's not as if we only have soldiers on one side.