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> responded by whupping the offender in a fistfight, which apparently instilled respect in his adversary. Improbable as it seems, the two men developed a friend
by mattpallissard 3y ago
> responded by whupping the offender in a fistfight, which apparently instilled respect in his adversary. Improbable as it seems, the two men developed a friendship.
Is this improbable? It's common enough to be a trope. I've had it happen twice.
One of my co workers had words with me and promptly knocked me on my ass. We became friends while he helped me off the ground.
A drunk once got lippy with me and said "you won't hit me". Naturally, that forced my hand. Soon thereafter he became one of the best friends I ever had.
This can't be uniquely American, right?
- ambrozk 3y agoJebe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jebe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jebe) became one of Ghenghis Khan's top generals after shooting the Khan's horse out from under him in battle. Heart recognizes heart.
- mattpallissard 3y ago> Heart recognizes heart This is a good line.
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- philwelch 3y agoYeah, that line also struck me as somewhat silly. Even in the days of outright dueling, this was known to happen. If you study the life of Andrew Jackson (who frankly comes across to any modern American as an absolute psycho), he had several duels throughout his life, and while many of them ended in Jackson killing his opponent, he also befriended many of his surviving dueling opponents. It was fairly common for a duel to end with both parties intentionally missing the other with their pistols, and it was probably safer for everyone involved for the fistfight to replace the duel as a ritual test of bravery and honor, though even that is on the decline.