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  1. 08-28-2008, 05:53 #1
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    Default Re: Duelling

    Quote Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars View Post
    Sorry, but perhaps you'd care to explain how people will be forced to duel when their identity must be verified, they have to submit a signed paper to a third party, etc.?
    Because men feel the need to meet a challenge and the utter embarrassment that duel turned down would bring would be to great. Hell I drink when people call me out. I hate to see what I would do if someone challenged to kill me.
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    Default Re: Duelling

    Quote Originally Posted by Strike For The South View Post
    Because men feel the need to meet a challenge and the utter embarrassment that duel turned down would bring would be to great. Hell I drink when people call me out. I hate to see what I would do if someone challenged to kill me.
    You're sober, have to sign a contract, wait for a while before the actual duel. If you haven't cooled down by then...
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    People already can duel away to their hearts' content. We'll just arrest the winner for murder afterwards.

    It's hard for me to understand why we should allow people who are willing to gun each other down in cold blood over mere insults or percieved lack of "respect" to wander around free. If their so-called honour is really that important to them it's hard to see why they should not be expected to bear a jail term in order to defend it.
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  4. 08-28-2008, 13:29 #4
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    Default Re: Duelling

    Quote Originally Posted by Poor Bloody Infantry View Post
    ...We'll just arrest the winner for murder afterwards.
    Would it be murder or, if the other person is trying to kill you, would it be self defense?
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    Quote Originally Posted by yesdachi View Post
    Would it be murder or, if the other person is trying to kill you, would it be self defense?
    It would be murder because you started by actively seeking to kill them.
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  6. 08-28-2008, 15:11 #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by CountArach View Post
    It would be murder because you started by actively seeking to kill them.
    But they actively sought to kill me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by yesdachi View Post
    But they actively sought to kill me.
    Well by that argument they were acting in self-defence, so you were in fact committing murder.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars View Post
    You're sober, have to sign a contract, wait for a while before the actual duel. If you haven't cooled down by then...
    I think the point was more to do with peer pressure forcing people to fight, something which I agree is a valid point.
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    Default Re: Duelling

    Quote Originally Posted by CountArach View Post
    I think the point was more to do with peer pressure forcing people to fight, something which I agree is a valid point.
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