Toughest Dudes Ever!

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Generals aren't tough guys. They tell tough guys what to do.

[RiverFenix]

I was almost certain that this thread was going to be a link to the stuntaz website when i opened this thread

[Inthacup]

Andrew Jackson had a fierce will and sometimes savage temper, both illustrated in the following, in which some background is provided as it illustrates the society Jackson lived in:

In 1805 a friend of Jackson's deprecated the manner in which Captain Joseph Ervin had handled a bet with Jackson over a horse race. Ervin's son-in-law, Charles Dickinson became enraged and started quarreling with Jackson's friend which lead to Jackson becoming involved. Dickinson wrote to Jackson calling him a "coward and an equivicator". The affair continued, with more insults and misunderstandings, until Dickinson published a statement in the Nashville Review in May 1806, calling Jackson a "worthless scoundrel, ... a poltroon and a coward".

Jackson challenged Dickinson to a duel very much according to the customs of the time in the south. Dickinson, known as one of the best shots in Tennessee if not the best, had choice of weapons and chose pistols.

Dickinson fired the first shot, which broke two of Jackson's ribs and lodged two inches from his heart. Dickinson then had to stand at the mark as Jackson, clutching his chest, aimed slowly and shot him fatally.

Though acceptable by the code of the times, many people considered it a cold-blooded killing. I presume the rules of engagement were for each man to draw and fire at the same time, upon hearing the signal, but if one fired, there was no "second round" until the other man fired. The implication is that magnanimity would have required Jackson to fire into the air rather than taking a slow deliberate aim at 24 feet.

Jackson's wound never healed properly and abcesses formed around the bullet, causing pain and some debilitation for Jackson's remaining 39 years .

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Also, Jackson is quoted as saying

"I intended to kill him," Jackson later declared. "I would have stood up long enough to kill him if he had put a bullet in my brain."

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[PoBoy321]

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"I would have stood up long enough to kill him if he had put a bullet in my brain."

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What a [censored] gangsta

[Blarg]

Definitely one of the funnier pictures of the past millenium.

[Blarg]

Getting in stupid arguments and challenging people to duels is tough in a completely assinine way, but living for 39 years afterwards isn't. Even with aches and pains.

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[Bradyams]

Andrew Jackson was a straight up thug.

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HA!