Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!mordor!sri-spam!nike!ucbcad!ucbvax!MC.LCS.MIT.EDU!kfl%mx.lcs.mit.edu From: kfl%mx.lcs.mit.edu@MC.LCS.MIT.EDU Newsgroups: mod.politics Subject: Duels Message-ID: <12233003731.32.MCGREW@RED.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Sat, 23-Aug-86 00:56:28 EDT Article-I.D.: RED.12233003731.32.MCGREW Posted: Sat Aug 23 00:56:28 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 23-Aug-86 05:18:24 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: kfl%mx.lcs.mit.edu@mc.lcs.mit.edu Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 20 Approved: poli-sci@red.rutgers.edu From: Willie Lim From the discussion on libertarianism, it seems that duels are legal since they are formal combats between consenting individuals in the presence of witnesses who also act as judges. The short answer is yes. The long answer is: Duels were still quite common for a long time after they were made illegal, just as cocaine use is both common and illegal today. How much dueling there is depends far more on people's attitude toward it than on any laws. And few people who are not worried about the even chance of getting killed would be talked out of it based on the laws. So if dueling was made legal, I don't think it would become more prevalent. In any case, as long as it is only between consenting adults, why worry about it? ...Keith -------