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Ladies and gentlemen, the etiquette of murder.
by saraid216 13y ago
Ladies and gentlemen, the etiquette of murder.
- mindcrime 13y agoCan a duel really be considered murder, though? At least, assuming the case where both participants voluntarily agree to participate, it seems an open question to me.
- saraid216 13y agoA duel can absolutely be considered murder. It can also be considered not murder.
- aaronem 13y agoToday, an honorably executed duel would be considered murder, no matter who won. Two hundred years ago, such would not be the case. I can't say which style of jurisprudence on the matter is better; I can't even define a standard of 'better' against which to evaluate them. But a duel certainly seems like a decisive method of settling an otherwise irreconcilable point.
- smsm42 13y agoThe expression "laws or war" should sound very strange to you, yet it exists.