yep, its something white people dont really understand because they had an enlightenment period where truth/justice became the moral standard, and for so long that they cant comprehend other people, not white people, do not behave that way.
duels are an interesting thing. I would like to know more about that kind of culture.
If you felt insulted you could challenge the other guy to a duel. The other guy would have to defend his honor against yours.
What if you are a complete nutbag challenging people to duels over nothing for some outside gain? What if someone without honor/skill pays you to insincerely challenge his targeted opponent to a duel?
The movie The Duelist kind of delves into the questions you ask, based on a real life event that spanned years, which was part of a series of fascinating historical tidbits from Evangelista's Encyclopedia of the Sword:
The on-location sets really help sell the story despite the film's lower budget. A shame that Ridley Scott's best work (outside of Gladiator) are still his earlier films before he became a household name.
yep, its something white people dont really understand because they had an enlightenment period where truth/justice became the moral standard, and for so long that they cant comprehend other people, not white people, do not behave that way.
We had it, there was also mechanisms in place to control it. Duels are the most obvious example.
duels are an interesting thing. I would like to know more about that kind of culture.
If you felt insulted you could challenge the other guy to a duel. The other guy would have to defend his honor against yours.
What if you are a complete nutbag challenging people to duels over nothing for some outside gain? What if someone without honor/skill pays you to insincerely challenge his targeted opponent to a duel?
Very interesting indeed.
The movie The Duelist kind of delves into the questions you ask, based on a real life event that spanned years, which was part of a series of fascinating historical tidbits from Evangelista's Encyclopedia of the Sword:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075968/
Interesting film; well worth the watch.
The on-location sets really help sell the story despite the film's lower budget. A shame that Ridley Scott's best work (outside of Gladiator) are still his earlier films before he became a household name.
I will look into it.
I was thinking of the movie Barry Lyndon too.