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From: WLim@XX.LCS.MIT.EDU
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Subject: Re: Duels
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Date: Sat, 23-Aug-86 22:05:46 EDT
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  From: Hibbert.pa@Xerox.COM
  Subject: Re: Duels

  Speaking as a libertarian, I would agree that there's no reason to
  ban duels.  Would you like to propose a moral basis for banning
  them?

No, would you?  There are other problems.  Suppose A and B agree to a
duel but unknown to A, B had a bet with X such that if B wins, X will
pay B lots of $$$.  Suppose A is killed in the duel, did B and/or X
commit a fraud?  Suppose B got killed instead and there comes another
duelist C who also had a bet with X.  If C loses, another duelist D
appears, etc. all having bets with X.  Now suppose A found out about
the bets and decided not to duel since the odds are against him/her.
He/she would really want to if the odds are better.  Did X have
influence on A's behavior using X's own wealth?

Can groups get involved in duels?  If so, is there any limit on the
number and size of the groups?  Can members of the military and police
participate?  Can any citizen or non-citizen have a duel with the
president who just happens to have a gunslinger mentality and loves to
have a duel with anybody?

I like Keith Lynch's answer better than yours.  He at least just make
the right assumptions to make the problems go away.  What happens when
those assumptions are wrong?  According to libertarian
fundamentalists, there ain't no way the government is going to (or be
allowed to) fix it.


Willie
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