Sundray@lemmus.org to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months 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 · 2 months agomessage-square25linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoCheap excuse. Arrest him anyway.
minus-squareleftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoOh. Why not simply call it murder, then? Is duelling an aggravating circumstance?
minus-squarekbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months 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-up3·2 months 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-up7·2 months agoits like two people boxing, legally sanctioned violence. Most places end those rights at loss of life
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months 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.