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Old 06-14-2008, 05:22 PM   #21
DanaC
We have to go back, Kate!
 
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BTW: I was once told on another board that British politicians in Parliament don’t libel one another because dueling is essentially still legal for politicians.
Is that so? *chuckles* It's entirely possible that the origin of the rule lay in the right to duel and that has somehow survived on the statute books. I don't know though. The two sides of the house are separated by a gap of two sword lengths :P
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