Originally published at: Brazilian mayoral candidate hits opponent with chair - Boing Boing
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I recently found out that one of the last recorded sword duels was between two French politicians in 1967.
Far more civilised than a chair…
Ribière was to be married the following day. Defferre vowed to wound him in such a way as to spoil his wedding night very considerably.
Forget I said that.
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I remember the days when I could laugh at political donnybrooks in other countries, smugly confident that the days of Sumner canings and the like were long behind us in American politics. That stopped when President Wrestlemania entered the White House.
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