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Should America allow Formal Duels?
Replies: 19 — Last Post Aug. 28 10:44pm by Merilyn
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Quote: from libertine at 2:54 am on July 24, 2009
what the hell?
okay say there's a duel, you agree on three steps and turn.

guy #1 takes two steps, turns and kills guy #2. Sure he cheated and so will be punished for it, but guy #1 has just been killed totally unfairly. how exactly can you stop that?

Just kill him right back.

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then you have two dead people on your hands, one of whom has been killed unlawfully and unfairly because of a state sanctioned practice. great. fab.

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Ok first of all there's no reason that it shouldn't be legal as long as both parties consent.

Second, I think most of you are missing the point. It's more proactive than reactive. If you know there's a chance that you could be challenged to a duel and possibly killed, would you run your mouth off and be as much of an asshole in general as you are now? If you feel strongly about what you're arguing, maybe but if you're just spewing bullshit, probably not.

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Quote: from libertine at 2:42 am on July 27, 2009
then you have two dead people on your hands, one of whom has been killed unlawfully and unfairly because of a state sanctioned practice. great. fab.

Having something be legal does not mean the state sanctions its practice.

What an odd view of government.  I suppose its the difference between being a subject and being a citizen.

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Seems to me that the whole point of having the right to free speech is being able to speak one's mind without fearing punishment (excluding threats and slander and the like). I think allowing people to shoot one another over such a thing would take away from that. I agree that people should watch what they say more closely but there are a lot of things people should do that they most likely never will but for the most part, they're free to do it without harm coming to them.

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