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April 30, 2006
My New Hero
MikeThe former Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Law Journal finally grew tired of having some coward unfairly malign his character from the comfort of a lounge chair and e-mail, and thus proposed a rather gentlemanly solution: Pistols or swords? (Via Amber Taylor.) While I recognize that the challenge to a duel was made tongue-in-cheek (sword-in-sheath?), I do respect the fellow's spunk.
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Since dueling is illegal, this seems like a clear case of criminal solicitation. And if the other party accepts, then it's conspiracy to commit dueling. ;-)
Posted by: KipEsquire | Apr 30, 2006 2:58:04 PM
Actually, since dueling requires two people, you can't conspire to commit dueling at common law (at least, as long as you only have two people).
(Guess which final I'm studying for...)
Posted by: ChrisB | Apr 30, 2006 9:15:52 PM
"Spunk" is about the right word for this kind of addle-patery. Can't defeat you in a battle of wits, so...let's try and kill each other!
Posted by: mythago | May 2, 2006 12:27:40 AM
Can't defeat you in a battle of wits, so...let's try and kill each other!
Eh, is that really what was going on? It sounded to me it was more like this:
A: You're a racist.
B: No, I'm not.
A: You're a no-good, bigoted, racist.
B: No, I'm not.
A: You are a scumbag racist. Go fly your Nazi flag.
B: That's it. Pistols or swords.
There's a material difference between issuing a physical challenge after losing a bad of intellect vs. issuing a physical challenge after being verbally assaulted.
Posted by: Mike | May 2, 2006 9:52:32 AM
I'll take your word for it that there are materially different kinds of macho tantrums, Mike. :)
Posted by: mythago | May 2, 2006 9:45:18 PM
