And I thought I was strict with my kids, but this guy puts his son right in the middle of a stalemated 50 plus year old war and in effect to be a man?
Its been done throughout the ages, something we only read about nowadays.
Uncle Fester is trying to give Puggsley some street cred.
1346 - Speaking of the Black Prince at Crécy:
"Also say to them, that they suffer him this day to win his spurs, for if god be pleased, I will this journey be his, and the honor thereof."
(Commonly quoted as: "Let the boy win his spurs.")