tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post2347128219557090562..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Otherers Part 3: A One-Sided Total WarFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-89474872008079354512014-09-07T15:52:45.972-04:002014-09-07T15:52:45.972-04:00You have articulated my own perception. I am only ...You have articulated my own perception. I am only half-joking when I say I would like to see dueling come back. There was a time when certain lines of gentlemanly debate were not to be crossed, not without the risk of being publicly called out and challenged for the affront.<br /><br />I think for example of the disgustingly offensive and uncouth things routinely said about Republican women and the wives of Republican men. A dose of Andrew Jackson would do some of these trolls well.<br /><br />The <i>code duello</i> may have been barbarism with a refined veneer, but at this point I think it'd be better than the current situation. The current state of things allows the craven, cowardly, immoral, and obnoxious to fling the proverbial feces at better men without meaningful social consequences.<br /><br />Meeting by the river at dawn would be preferable.MissAnthropyhttp://www.itsaboutliberty.comnoreply@blogger.com