this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2025
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The Place For Dueling

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This is a place for advocates/practitioners of the concept known as dueling (old west dueling, sword dueling, etc. doesn't matter what variant so as long as it's a kind allowed by the law) and perhaps its mainstream revival.

Rules:

  1. Everything must relate to dueling in some way.

  2. The law, and instances of the law being broken, may exist as mere topics, but we won't allow any efforts of people to actually break the law.

  3. If someone wants to issue a challenge, all the terms and conditions must be explained in the challenge and subsequent discussion. No unspoken rules.

  4. If someone challenges someone else to a duel and the other person accepts, the terms and conditions must be honored by both sides, and calling off the duel would require consent from both sides. If they aren't, it qualifies as an instant ban.

  5. Declining a duel might come with some considerable detriments on a democratic level, but the need to accept a duel is not set in stone.

  6. You can only duel, in the words of Shakespeare, sound minds, and ones whose efforts are knowable.

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i.e. If anyone has heard of the allegations against me and is convinced of them even without both perspectives, they can make a bet with me.

Conditions of such a bet: The people who think I am guilty of what I am accused of will give me a week to negate at least 50% of the claims which I am known to say are false. If I lose, I must donate $1521 dollars to someone in medical need and show it before continuing to make money for myself. If I win, those who agree to the bet must do the same thing.

Anyone up for this?

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 days ago

My approach to the issue I describe is for people who do know me, assuming people know as much as they claim to be sure of (including knowing me, though some seem eager to inspire doubt about that). There has been a stir about me because there are people who dislike me enough to follow me around and swaying public opinion out of spite, and this here is a mental exercise I became fixated on testing out.