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Missouri rule change would allow senators to challenge each other to a duel (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 9 months ago by ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 32 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Dueling is barbaric and can often start blood feuds: a cycle of violence. It's also a bad way to settle a dispute. The person best at shooting others has no correlation to how well their position was or whether the fault or insult should stand. Also killing for an insult is juvenile. There's lots of other real reasons history outlawed it, as well.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago

I think a refereed cage match is a good compromise

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but I bet it'd make the system more entertaining.

[–] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

One step closer to "Ow My Balls"

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

We already have the Jackass movies and show, so I'm afraid we're already deeper into idiocracy than you realize.

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

By the end of dueling, people weren't even shooting at each other. It's braver to be shot at and the point of dueling is to appear brave. They would fire into the air as if they were saying "I'm so brave I'm not going to shoot at you". It was dumb, so we stopped the charade.

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

It was dumb, so we stopped the charade.

No one seems to be doing that anymore...

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That’s why the modern version should be smacking each other with giant dildos.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

The duelers get to pick their weapons. Nothing in the rules says you can't fight to the death with dildos.