# Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 2)

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> [@Melbourne](#):
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> > [@Dr.Drake](#):
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> > Which is convenient, because if you accept this belief, a gentleman can never be _called out_ on his cheating, lest you insult his status as a gentleman, which another gentleman would never do.
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> Because it’s a _mortal_ insult.  
> That’s part of the reason why the south was and is more polite than the north: the north didn’t do duelling.

A big factor in this was the difference between honor and dignity. In the South, honor was extremely important. In the North, dignity was more important.

The problem is that when your society is based on honor, it’s very easy to insult one’s honor. People need to defend their honor, and dueling was one way to do it.

But when your society is based on dignity, you remain dignified in the face of insults, which means you ignore them or give a verbal put-down. Your goal is to not lower yourself to their level.

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