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brooklynite

(94,480 posts) Thu Dec 6, 2018, 04:57 PM Dec 2018

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The last recorded sword duel...

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(this was not to the death, as one of the combatants was getting married the next day)

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The last recorded sword duel... (Original Post) brooklynite Dec 2018 OP

There are still dueling fraternities in Germany Recursion Dec 2018 #1

There may be FENCING fraternities... brooklynite Dec 2018 #2

Recursion

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1. There are still dueling fraternities in Germany

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Thu Dec 6, 2018, 05:04 PM

Dec 2018

They wear goggles but that's it. You can see the scars on the cheeks of the ones who have lost bouts.

brooklynite

(94,480 posts)

2. There may be FENCING fraternities...

Reply to Recursion (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 6, 2018, 05:05 PM

Dec 2018

But a duel, by definition, is about the resolution of a conflict.

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