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Iceland doesn't mess around, man. He's lucky they aren't still resolving disputes via blood feud. :)

• erispoe 11y ago
  Blood feuds were never the preferred method. The Sagas go on and on about people who were good lawyers and on how important it was to know the law (while being able to chop a head off with a single swing of your axe). Iceland's parliament is the oldest in the world in continuous operation.
  • niccaluim 11y ago
    Já ég veit. Það var bara spaug. :)
  • _acme 11y ago
    Iceland's parliament, the Althing, has not been in continuous operation since its founding; it was discontinued in 1799 for 45 years. It was restored in 1844.
• nkurz 11y ago
  Icelanders are not savages! They moved on from blood feuds quite a while ago. Nowadays (if the history I learned in school is still accurate) they resolve their disputes like civilized people with hólmganga: http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/holmgang.shtml http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/holmgang.shtml