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Almost any custom which seems strange when you take one encounter turns out to be perfectly reasonable when you take it in a context of repeated encounters with
by golergka 7y ago
Almost any custom which seems strange when you take one encounter turns out to be perfectly reasonable when you take it in a context of repeated encounters with the same vis-a-vis. Having reputation for being noble, even in defeat, can have unique advantages.
- gerikson 7y agoBoth Scott and Gordon died at arguably the peak of British global power. Such a power can afford to venerate losers. In a previous time, when Britain's place in the world stage was not as assured, it could be less lenient to them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byng https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byng