a woman. >> the quarrel actually developed after rath insulted him accusing miroslav macek of marrying money. >> in the tough guy world, if you're accused of something like that, you're not a real man, so he was defending his manhood by slapping the other guy on the head with a pretty childish way of showing your manhood, if you ask me. >> talk about airing your dirty laundry in public. >> it wasn't long, of course, before the incident escaped the borders of the czech republic and was being shown on tv stations all over the world. so it was a slap that was heard around the world. >> this sort of thing used to happen in american legislative chambers a lot, even in the u.s. senate a century ago. i guess we've outgrown it. >> or have we? if you thought american politicians were above childish play, hold on to your hats and take a look at this next clip. >> oh! >> we finally get some good old-fashioned american brawling. of course wouldn't you know it would be alabama. >> southern hospitality flies right out the window during a legislative session in montgomery, alabama, in 2007. the day e