Author: Anthony Cozzie
Date: 06:35:27 05/16/04
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>Man to man combat was less common than hollywood portrays it - and less heroic, >too. Simply too hazardous. In the Wild West, it was bushwhacking that was most >common, not the showdown at high noon on main street. Favorite use of the sword, >and it's shorter cousin, the dagger, is by surprise, and/or from behind the >unsuspecting victim. It wouldn't play well on the silver screen, methinks. That wasn't really the point. Killing, like all other tasks, has gotten much easier to do with technology. Any bozo can point a gun at someone and blow them away. Killing someone with your hands or some minimal weapon is much harder. Even if you have the advantage of surprise. anthony
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