tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post4615796191521642..comments2024-03-28T06:11:55.879-06:00Comments on The Michael Bane Blog: Shocker!Michael Banehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630187848984050478noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-59894483467847892332012-09-09T18:45:01.428-06:002012-09-09T18:45:01.428-06:00TL:DR:
Code Deullo went from a means for hot head...TL:DR:<br /><br />Code Deullo went from a means for hot headed gentlemen to avoid slaughtering each other to a means to use someone's pride to trap them into getting themselves killed.<br /><br />Once people wised up to that, the practice was outlawed in fact as well as law.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-18940459269512782212012-09-09T18:34:14.664-06:002012-09-09T18:34:14.664-06:00http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/duel/sfeature/dueling...http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/duel/sfeature/dueling.html<br /><br />Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-36375315031801394742012-09-08T19:28:33.810-06:002012-09-08T19:28:33.810-06:00I'd love to read or see a video piece about th...I'd love to read or see a video piece about the history of dueling. It seems like such a dumb thing to participate in a duel. I know, I know, if you turned down the duel challenge, you'd be seen as a coward, but so what? America is the land of people who are free and independent and live their own lives according to their own opinions of themselves. It reminds me of the concept that aTrevor Shepherdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-40929541909136956312012-09-08T12:36:41.809-06:002012-09-08T12:36:41.809-06:00Actually, Russian Roulette was started when one of...Actually, Russian Roulette was started when one of the Tsars forbade dueling.<br /><br />If the duelists used a revolver with one round in it, and passed it back and forth, they could determine which duelist was more brave/foolhardy, and truthfully state that the dead duelist had killed himself, and that they had not been dueling.<br /><br />Something only Russians could invent ...Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-20187803731875172112012-09-08T10:10:54.409-06:002012-09-08T10:10:54.409-06:00OOPS!
Sorry the show airs on Wednesday. Uh oh, co...OOPS!<br /><br />Sorry the show airs on Wednesday. Uh oh, conflict in channels!Bill Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-60531141371812241782012-09-08T10:06:32.940-06:002012-09-08T10:06:32.940-06:00Michael,
The show is actually a National Geograph...Michael,<br /><br />The show is actually a National Geographic Channel production. It was originally titled "Jersey Combat" and was advertised as such on the back page of the 2012 G&A Surplus Firearms annual. I guess the name change occurred when the suits at NatGeo didn't want to confuse big hair with big bores.<br /><br />The show follows the father and son owners of Bill Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-62572023939004065672012-09-07T12:25:10.900-06:002012-09-07T12:25:10.900-06:00Isn't RR kinda like bleach ... helps clean ou...Isn't RR kinda like bleach ... helps clean out the gene pool a bit ...Wallaby Jacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-84600760958575066382012-09-07T10:02:28.439-06:002012-09-07T10:02:28.439-06:00"RR isn't a "shooting game," it..."RR isn't a "shooting game," it's what morons do when the bottles are all empty..."<br /><br />Good one. Let me check my local range's activities: 3Gun, Cowboy, IDPA, Skeet. Nope, you're right, no Russian Roulette. Jamesnoreply@blogger.com