Sundray@lemmus.org to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoMan arrested for violating Japan’s anti-dueling law in downtown Tokyosoranews24.comexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1244arrow-down1external-linkMan arrested for violating Japan’s anti-dueling law in downtown Tokyosoranews24.comSundray@lemmus.org to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square25linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoCheap excuse. Arrest him anyway.
minus-squareleftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoOh. Why not simply call it murder, then? Is duelling an aggravating circumstance?
minus-squarekbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month 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-up3·1 month 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-up7·1 month agoits like two people boxing, legally sanctioned violence. Most places end those rights at loss of life
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month 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.