Ramrod
14-06-2005, 14:13
Interesting stuff (http://ejmas.com/jmanly/articles/2001/jmanlyart_gorn_0401.htm).........Seems like society has become better :erm:
The "trifling and ridiculous" reasons for these fights had an unreal quality for the matter-of-fact Yankee. Not assaults on persons or property but slights, insults, and thoughtless gestures set young southerners against each other.......The emphasis on maximum disfigurement, on severing bodily parts, made this fighting style unique. Amid the general mayhem, however, gouging out an opponentââ‚à ƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s eye became the sine qua non of rough-and-tumble fighting, much like the knockout punch in modern boxing............
The "trifling and ridiculous" reasons for these fights had an unreal quality for the matter-of-fact Yankee. Not assaults on persons or property but slights, insults, and thoughtless gestures set young southerners against each other.......The emphasis on maximum disfigurement, on severing bodily parts, made this fighting style unique. Amid the general mayhem, however, gouging out an opponentââ‚à ƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s eye became the sine qua non of rough-and-tumble fighting, much like the knockout punch in modern boxing............