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In reply to the discussion: Fuck it. Let's bring back dueling. [View all]Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)37. Well I sure as hell didn't post the term first
Tell us what "truly innocent" means to you.
It sounds awfully like "legitimate rape" to me.
If duels are legal I see no reason "law abiding" people would avoid them other than the fact they are a rather final and possibly arbitrary means of conflict resolution.
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Aw, Gee...Do you think Burr's "old lady' could have shot someone Burr might have "porked"?
whathehell
Dec 2012
#51
Only if topless females can duel with Bottomless males...Can you say "Castration Anxiety"?
whathehell
Dec 2012
#56
Duelling was illegal in most of the world in the 18th and 19th centuries as well
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
#46
Cool they could correspond snail mail via the seconds explaining their grievances against each other
Resonance_Chamber
Dec 2012
#32
Hell it would be worth dueling with a teahadist just for the correspondence!
Resonance_Chamber
Dec 2012
#34
I agree do we really want the people who would actually duel in the gene pool?
Resonance_Chamber
Dec 2012
#31
remember, Backscatter712, they get to pick the time, place, and weapons...
a geek named Bob
Dec 2012
#43