I totally forgot I hadn't posted this patch. It is a quick little utility to pull message instances from the database and render them out. I use it to double check message integrity.
Most drush commands you can build with Message are somewhat special purpose, because they tend to require some kind of insight into what messages you have defined, and when you create them.
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