NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/soc/singles/31452

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From: [e-mail] (Herb Huston)
Subject: Re: What is attractive to women?
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Charles R. Martin) writes:
>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Herb Huston) writes:
>
>   >                         He fought the first duel in Massachusetts, and had
>   >to spend a day chained to his partner-in-crime.
>
>   Both duellists surviving is the least satisfactory outcome, but I guess that
>   your ancestor's being killed might have made problems for you, eh?
>
>Actually, no: duels were usually fought to settle an affair of honor;
>once a single touch had been made or a sigle shot had been fired, honor
>was satisfied and the offended party could hold his head up again.  This
>is why the Hamilton/Burr duel was such a furor -- Hamilton threw his
>shot (unless the rumor is true and he had a misfore from a hair-trigger)
>but Burr shot him anyway.

The Hamilton-Burr results was slighly more satisfactory, but the most
satisfactory outcome is the death of both duellists, leading, as it does,
to an increase in the average intelligence of the population.

Abraham Lincoln was once challenged and had the choice of weapon.  He
selected broadswords.  His challenger considered the length of the former
railsplitter's arms and decided upon a different method for settling their
dispute.

-- Herb Huston
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