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Back in the early years of America, if someone insulted you or your family, you could call them out. It was called dueling. (The most famous in American history was Burr vs. Hamilton.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burr%E2%80%93Hamilton_duel There are now laws to prohibit dueling. I think we have done ourselves a disservice all around with these laws. As you can imagine, people were more polite when the alternative was someone calling you out and then shooting you for your stupidity. The end result is that you have people who stand up and say idiotic things knowing that no one is able to truly hold you accountable............
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 17:01:59 +0000

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