The Politics of Dueling in the Military

The gentlemen are men who have some kind of economic status, education. And then for them, they cannot endure a public insult. So if you receive a verbal insult as a gentleman, you have to respond to that with a public vindication by showing that you are willing to fight to defend your honor. It seems like the honor of the Russ and the manhood of the Russ was very passionate and had a response away from what happened right afterwards. We're going to take a quick break for your words, more sponsors.