Sundray@lemmus.org to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoMan arrested for violating Japan’s anti-dueling law in downtown Tokyosoranews24.comexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1232arrow-down1external-linkMan arrested for violating Japan’s anti-dueling law in downtown Tokyosoranews24.comSundray@lemmus.org to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square25linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoCheap excuse. Arrest him anyway.
minus-squareleftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·17 hours agoOh. Why not simply call it murder, then? Is duelling an aggravating circumstance?
minus-squarekbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·16 hours agoduel ≠ murder “Fighting containing acts of violence likely cause physical harm or be life-threatening, carried out through mutual agreement of both parties at the time”
minus-squareSoulg@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours agoSo they officially recognized it as a duel where the other person agreed, but it’s still illegal…interesting tbh
minus-squaredreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·15 hours agoits like two people boxing, legally sanctioned violence. Most places end those rights at loss of life
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 hours agoThe funny thing is, if you get a proper boxing license and someone dies, it’s the fault of the boxing commission and not the other boxer.
The other one died.
Cheap excuse. Arrest him anyway.
Oh. Why not simply call it murder, then? Is duelling an aggravating circumstance?
duel ≠ murder
“Fighting containing acts of violence likely cause physical harm or be life-threatening, carried out through mutual agreement of both parties at the time”
So they officially recognized it as a duel where the other person agreed, but it’s still illegal…interesting tbh
its like two people boxing, legally sanctioned violence. Most places end those rights at loss of life
The funny thing is, if you get a proper boxing license and someone dies, it’s the fault of the boxing commission and not the other boxer.