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Submitted by Mike Wean, Feb 13, 2008 16:15

I have plenty of anecdotes from my childhood and young adulthood there that fly directly in the face of Mr. Wood's conclusions. Locals fight for fun and more often than not go looking for stronger, not weaker, opponents as a test of skill and prowess.

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