When did come to be that dueling someone, (to the death) was no longer an acceptable form of resolution?
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Duelling began to fall out of favour in America in the 18th century. Benjamin Franklin denounced the practice as uselessly violent, and George Washington encouraged his officers to refuse challenges during the American Revolutionary War because he believed that the death by duelling of officers would have threatened the success of the war effort.\n\nFurthermore, duelling was often used as a façade for legalised murder. In 1806, Andrew Jackson—later to become a U.S. President—shot an opponent after the duel had technically ended. By the end of the 19th century, legalised duelling was almost extinct in most of the world. Some American states have laws which establish procedures for legal duelling, but it is unlikely that they would be upheld in court.\n\nDuelling still continues to occur, albeit not with regularity. In May of 2005, twelve youths aged between fifteen and seventeen were arrested in Japan and charged with violating a duelling law that came into effect in 1889. Six other youths were also arrested on the same charges in March.
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Although it might surprise you, it's because our representative bodies are operating in a "mature" system, for want of a better word. The fights you talk about, (we've all seen 'em) are occurring such places as Japan (system in place since 1946), various states that are former SSR's (system in place since late '80's) Korea (system in place since mid 40's) \n\nIn contrast, our Senate and House date back to the 1780's, and if you do look back we had our share of physical stuff earlier too. In the early 1800's it was not uncommon for legislators to challenge each other to duels. Then the most notorious example was the brutal caning that Congressman Preston Brooks gave to Senator Charles Sumner right on the Senate floor because of Sumner's outspoken abolitionism.\n\nIt is noteworthy that the nation with the longest continuous representative system of government, Iceland, has no known occurrences of such antics.
637122
It all depends on the person. Any martial art can be deadly in the hands of the right person.
1150629
This is a hot topic today, considering the secularist attacks on some of our (U.S.) society's traditional practices...\n\nHowever, I believe most courts will allow you to swear in "...under penalty of perjury" as opposed to "...so help you God."
35216
Isn't parlay that thing from Pirates of the Carribean? Some law that the pirates had about not killing a prisoner until the morning if they requested it.
1081857
This punishment was usually reserved for the worst of crimes in history - treason.  If a queen was unfaithful to her husband, the king, this was considered treason, a crime against the state, as the king was the state.  That was why Anne Boleyn was beheaded (she narrowly escaped burning), and why her supposed lovers were tortured and beheaded.  Anyway, in this particular gory punishment, you were hanged until very nearly dead; then you  were disembowelled and your private parts cut off, all while you were still conscious.  A good executioner could do it very quickly, so that you didn't die too early.  Then your body was divided; the parts could be sent to different parts of the country and displayed for all to see.  Many heads would be displayed on spikes on old London Bridge as a warning to traitors.  This happened to William Wallace, for one.
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I agree with 'Pro'... It was a way that knights could practice fighting, in an honourable and controlled environment. Note the ommision of SAFE... yes, people did die in tournaments. But Ladies and Lords did often choose their champions based on who they thought fought the best in these 'games'.
634167
Murder is a part of common law, so it has been illegal since before Parliament. There is no law that defines it, since it is defined through common law, but the Criminal Justice Act of 2003 lists it as one of several crimes.
62526
around the 1830's because in theater the gesture was the same as "hissing" an actor- they would either hiss or "flip the bird" - now people just boo basically but in between then and now people used to boo and hiss.  The hissing sound was related to the hissing sound of geese, and thats how the term "flipping the bird" came to be.  Now we just call the middle finger the "bird" because it is the finger used when we "flip the bird"
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I was in a small gang in the Bronx, New York in the early 70's, during the heyday of gangs. It was always about turf and other violations but it was fun and you only got killed if you asked for it. Other than that, you got a chance to test your fighting ability or martial arts skills and you always saw face to face who the hell you wuz fightin'. By the beginning of the 80's most had died out already as we had more important issues to take care of such as becoming useful members of society and getting college degrees. Looks like shortly afterwards California picked up on it, a little too late though (been there, done that) with the exception that these gangs were just a bunch of shoot in the back murderers and drug dealers that deserved to ripped from limb to limb and wouldn't have been able to stand a chance against  us in the old days and would have been exterminated. You've got some active gangs across the states nowadays that ain't about nuthin' except killing their own brothers and bullcrap. If there were more propagation of the arts, and if the government would stop cutting funds for the advancement of such endeavors, there would probably be less gangs roaming around.
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Everyone is wrong except the guy who said it was from Anglo-Saxon.  "F..k" has a long pedigree in the Germanic languages.  It was found in Proto-Germanic about 2500 years ago as the verb *fukan 'have intercourse'.  This was not vulgar at that time and was a euphemism for some older word.  Ultimately, it comes from Proto-Indo-European *pug- "to strike", from which we get the borrowed Latin form pugilism 'boxing'.
740734
Too soft on repeat offenders. But by and large kids today don't get away with anything close to what I got away with when I was young. Of course everything fun wasn't illegal then, and you didn't get hauled into court for inconsequential like fighting.
878854
When humans finally realized that getting into fights for competition was shortening their lifespan so they put on softer gloves.\n\nIt was never a question of "where" since it came from human beings getting into violent conflicts.
77985
Instead of trying to decide who is more morally just in this situation, it would be best to try and come up with a way to end it peacefully.  If one side "wins", then it will only cause further conflict.
839966
Yeah....it was a bit of a slaughter.\n\nBattles of wits with unarmed men usually go that way.
321458
Duel with swords, not guns. Honor could still be satisfied, but fewer deaths would result. And the duellers could wear their scars with pride. Beats a tattoo. Get a REAL piercing!
823087
Yes it was a rule up until the late 80's early 90's that putting an opponent over the top rope was an automatic DQ. This was of course before wrestlers could get hit in the head with a sledge hammer and stand back up 30 seconds later.    \n It was a common way for matches to end when they did not want a clear cut winner (for story line/rivalry issues).