https://www.isegoria.net/2015/05/re-instituting-dueling/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Tue, 12 May 2026 23:05:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2015/05/re-instituting-dueling/comment-page-1/#comment-2298981 Rumblestrip Mon, 01 Jun 2015 23:12:36 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=38101#comment-2298981 So, Faze, what happened to the girl? Where is she now?

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2015/05/re-instituting-dueling/comment-page-1/#comment-2298127 Faze Mon, 01 Jun 2015 00:58:36 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=38101#comment-2298127 Isegoria is correct. I fought a brutal fistfight with a rival for a girl while a schoolboy. That fight turned us from rivals to best friends — as we still are today. Having a clear winner helped. Others I’ve fought over the years remained enemies because the fight was either broken up by busybodies, or friends entered the fray and it became a general melee.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2015/05/re-instituting-dueling/comment-page-1/#comment-2296250 Isegoria Fri, 29 May 2015 13:36:41 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=38101#comment-2296250 Boys and men are shockingly likely to end up friends after a “duel” (fight).

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2015/05/re-instituting-dueling/comment-page-1/#comment-2295845 A Boy and His Dog Fri, 29 May 2015 02:10:22 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=38101#comment-2295845 This Is pretty dubious reasoning. If one party feels aggrieved by another and challenges that person to a duel, but then loses, are they more likely to accept it or to sit around thinking of ways to even the score?

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