http://sz-n.com/2015/04/swords-at-dawn-polish-prince-challenges-farage-to-duel/
Who says honor and chivalry are dead.
https://vimeo.com/13121783
Quote from: besilarius on April 12, 2015, 03:36:30 PM
http://sz-n.com/2015/04/swords-at-dawn-polish-prince-challenges-farage-to-duel/
Who says honor and chivalry are dead.
https://vimeo.com/13121783
Seems like father like son. Farage doesn't have an honourable bone in his body so unfortunately unlikely to actually happen.
Quote from: Zulu1966 on April 19, 2015, 02:26:51 PM
Quote from: besilarius on April 12, 2015, 03:36:30 PM
http://sz-n.com/2015/04/swords-at-dawn-polish-prince-challenges-farage-to-duel/
Who says honor and chivalry are dead.
https://vimeo.com/13121783
Seems like father like son. Farage doesn't have an honourable bone in his body so unfortunately unlikely to actually happen.
Seriously ?
This guy is just another internet warrior.
Do you seriously think it would ever happen even if farang said yes ?
so in essense its a risk free publicity stunt
Farage should accept. O0 I'm surprise he didn't. Just think of the publicity just before an election. Plus it would be highly entertaining to see a politician scrap it out with a sword. Perhaps we can also get Cameron and Miliband to do it too instead of a televised debate, which would be far more entertaining. >:D O0 :2funny:
Dueling had a lot of things wrong with it, but having to put your health, if not your life, at risk because of an outrageous comment might trim some of the vitriol being spewed by politicians these days.
There's a section in the book Six Frigates by Ian Toll I think about how out of control dueling was in the early US navy. I remember a story where too officers who were best friends were basically forced by social pressure to fight a duel because they had been joking around with each other and said things to each other that other officers thought were insulting. Basically the culture was that if you didn't fight under such circumstances then you were a coward. It certainly would make you think a little more about what you say.
Quote from: Airborne Rifles on April 22, 2015, 07:30:50 AM
There's a section in the book Six Frigates by Ian Toll I think about how out of control dueling was in the early US navy. I remember a story where too officers who were best friends were basically forced by social pressure to fight a duel because they had been joking around with each other and said things to each other that other officers thought were insulting. Basically the culture was that if you didn't fight under such circumstances then you were a coward. It certainly would make you think a little more about what you say.
Nobody wants to see anything crazy like that.
But I am reminded of a recent news item where during an election one politician created a total fabrication. After the election he admitted he knew it was a lie and further was absolutely unrepentant. Seems to me if there were some skin in the game maybe folks might think twice about such dishonesty. Lord knows some of them have no shame these days.
Quote from: Airborne Rifles on April 22, 2015, 07:30:50 AM
There's a section in the book Six Frigates by Ian Toll I think about how out of control dueling was in the early US navy. I remember a story where too officers who were best friends were basically forced by social pressure to fight a duel because they had been joking around with each other and said things to each other that other officers thought were insulting. Basically the culture was that if you didn't fight under such circumstances then you were a coward. It certainly would make you think a little more about what you say.
In a sense such a culture encourages political correctness, unless you're a capable duellist. Labelling someone a coward simply because they don't want to fight a duel is simplistic, and a convenient label to social coercion.
Quote from: LongBlade on April 22, 2015, 07:34:53 AM
Quote from: Airborne Rifles on April 22, 2015, 07:30:50 AM
There's a section in the book Six Frigates by Ian Toll I think about how out of control dueling was in the early US navy. I remember a story where too officers who were best friends were basically forced by social pressure to fight a duel because they had been joking around with each other and said things to each other that other officers thought were insulting. Basically the culture was that if you didn't fight under such circumstances then you were a coward. It certainly would make you think a little more about what you say.
Nobody wants to see anything crazy like that.
But I am reminded of a recent news item where during an election one politician created a total fabrication. After the election he admitted he knew it was a lie and further was absolutely unrepentant. Seems to me if there were some skin in the game maybe folks might think twice about such dishonesty. Lord knows some of them have no shame these days.
I still think people would prefer to watch a televised duel between politicians rather than a televised debate. ;)
just until the first male call out the first female for a duel.
Quote from: jejo68 on April 24, 2015, 02:19:55 AM
just until the first male call out the first female for a duel.
Then she can do what Honor Harrington did when faced with the same situation: Demand the Ellington Protocol and choose the Model 1911.
LB, there was a commercial that ran on national television asking just that.
When two countries had an arguemnt, then two old diplomats took off their coats and started to duke it out. Can't remember much more, but you are ahead of your time.
Quote from: besilarius on April 24, 2015, 06:21:46 AM
LB, there was a commercial that ran on national television asking just that.
When two countries had an arguemnt, then two old diplomats took off their coats and started to duke it out. Can't remember much more, but you are ahead of your time.
Why send a poor diplomat. Send the prime minister or foreign minister.