Posted: 5/30/2013 6:45:11 AM EDT
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I was shamming this morning at my horrible job and inevitably ended up on duffelblog where I got a chuckle out of their article on dueling.
http://www.duffelblog.com/2013/05/dod-dueling-corporals-swords/ It got me thinking. Why is dueling no longer a custom amongst gentlemen? It seems like a legitimate way to settle a grievance. You either get the satisfaction of wounding or killing the guy, or you see them shamed as a coward for not accepting your challenge. Or, you lose and maybe die. Dueling. If both parties are willing, then why not? |
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Problem with dueling with a weapon that requires skill, physical ability and practice is that its easy to abuse the system. If I know I can outduel youwhats to stop me from being disrespectful to your buxom wench? The worst that could happen is that I end up killing you in a duel I know I can win.
Dueling with smoothbore pistols is another story, at a decent range its a crap shoot and relies less on skill and practice. So against a random person you still have a decent chance of taking a lead ball in the gut and dying of a horrible infection. |