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In response to
"I understand location matters and that's fine but the right of way thing doesn't make sense to me. -- nm"
by
Krusty
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"Right of Way" has its origins in the honor code of fencing from way back in the day.
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The foil was considered the weapon of the aristocracy, and fencing originated in the culture of the time. It was a duelist's code of honor, and they wanted to separate themselves as "gentlemen" apart from the soldiers and pirates that used epee and sabre. They weren't just going to fling themselves at each other and hack and slash -- there had to be a sense of gentlemanly decorum.
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