Duelling

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

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...

[PBI]

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.

[yesdachi]

...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?

[CountArach]

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.

[yesdachi]

It would be murder because you started by actively seeking to kill them.

But they actively sought to kill me.

[CountArach]

But they actively sought to kill me.

Well by that argument they were acting in self-defence, so you were in fact committing murder.

[yesdachi]

Well by that argument they were acting in self-defence, so you were in fact committing murder.

If they would have won they would have been acting in self defense. I get the feeling we could keep going around on this argument.

[CountArach]

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.

[HoreTore]

I think the point was more to do with peer pressure forcing people to fight, something which I agree is a valid point.