That's exactly the point Professor Roger D. McGrath makes in his book about the mining camps of California, Gunfighters, Highwaymen, and Vigilantes: Violence on the Frontier<http://www.amazon.com/Gunfighters-Highwaymen-Vigilantes-Violence-Frontier/dp/0520060261/ref=la_B001H6S5AI_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1364265033&sr=1-1>.
On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Dave Hardy <[email protected]> wrote: > Another factor is that, as Clayton once mentioned to me, the South (and > from what I've seen, there was a western tendency here as well) evolved > into an "honor society," where one's honor (not personal, but honor as seen > by the community) was all-important. Turning the other cheek was not > Christian forbearance, but proof that one was a coward and dishonorable. > I've seen some comments about how this became esp. prominent in St. Louis > and other parts west.... fighting duels was necessary to establish one's > rise as a gentleman. And homicide rates do drop as one goes farther north. > > (This might have something to do with climate, of course. I was just on a > trip to Michigan ... given what I experienced in weather, I can appreciate > that homicide rates might be lower if you have to postpone your homicidal > rage until, oh, early May so you don't freeze to death before acting on > them). > -- ************************************************************************************************************** Professor Joseph Olson, J.D.(*Hon*. Duke), LL.M.(*Tax*. Florida) o 651-523-2142 Hamline University School of Law (MS-D2037) f 651-523-2236 St. Paul, MN 55113-1235 c 612-865-7956 [email protected] http://law.hamline.edu/constitutional_law/joseph_olson.html
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