Nah man - Getting angry or even violent in response to infidelity, sure. But a life-or-death duel is something else. It's a ritualized way of obtaining satisfa

Nah man - Getting angry or even violent in response to infidelity, sure. But a life-or-death duel is something else. It's a ritualized way of obtaining satisfaction relative to some mortal insult to your honor. That custom existed in Europe in a world that was completely different from today's, amongst a narrow and very specific stratum of society.