tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post4453999444657373101..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Friday Video: Top 10 Duels in HistoryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-54711897879155791562015-10-17T11:42:18.298-04:002015-10-17T11:42:18.298-04:00Women are as liable to believe things that experi...Women are as liable to believe things that experience has proven not to hold true. One , is that a rake makes the best husband and the other is that marriage will settle a man who has a reputation as a rake and a wastrel.Regencyresearcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828749339318882968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-35083950925837583902015-10-16T22:18:04.567-04:002015-10-16T22:18:04.567-04:00"One would think..." we're talkin m..."One would think..." we're talkin men here.Theahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317627113212677863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-81941233886577881272015-10-16T09:44:26.475-04:002015-10-16T09:44:26.475-04:00"One would think that the experience of havin..."One would think that the experience of having innumerable injured husbands and fathers die while the destroyer of their domestic peace lived on to seduce other wives or daughters would have cured them of this superstition."<br /><br />Doesn't seem to have cured us of the idea that declaring war on a country will solve our problems with it... so it's clear that human beings always cling to their superstitions and mythologies.Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428665781019562995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-7924676723527969222015-10-16T07:20:01.058-04:002015-10-16T07:20:01.058-04:00The Greatest duel in history is that of David v G...The Greatest duel in history is that of David v Goliath. <br />That is the only duel I can think of, at present that wasn't fought out of some sense of pride.<br />Some of the "duels" mentioned in the video were more outright murder.<br />Though I think most duels stupid( except those like D v G where they were enacting a miniature battle in a war), they at least had a semblance of romanticism when fought with swords.<br />The basis of most duels was the superstition that God or fate would allow the one in the right to win. One would think that the experience of having innumerable injured husbands and fathers die while the destroyer of their domestic peace lived on to seduce other wives or daughters would have cured them of this superstition.<br />Regencyresearcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828749339318882968noreply@blogger.com