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Aglynugga

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Ok, some of you are going to freak out. But don't freak out. Well, you can freak out, I can't stop you. but if you're giong to freak out, do it in the reply box.

I'm going to start this off simply and easily. Humans are clever and intelligent creatures, capable of cognitive and rational thought, deductive reasoning, exterior and interior analyism, ect, ect. We got them big ole brains in our heads!
Individually and collectively humanity has been able to do some remarkable and amazing things, and have evolved and still evolve to this day both intellectually and physically, in most aspects of all things that we do or have done.

But then someone gets all burnyburny cutcut.

No matter what. In fact, we will invent reasons. Retarded, ludicriously moronic reasons, for someone to go burn down their neighbor's house or shoot their cousin or stab to death the guy that didn't give them a cigarette.

In fact, it's almost like; especially when you take a look at most of our media (and yes, Europe and Australia and places like this all have violence and shook media and gore and prime time NCSI), and pasttimes (many sports kind of focus on ruining the day of your opponent, and not by giving them an appreciation cheer.), and the fact that at any given time we have at least 3 wars or genocidal actions somewhere across the globe, that we really, really enjoy killing things. A lot.
We like killing things so much that there are things not even walking around anymore because we like to kill. And that's us being nice, because as a whole, humans kill way more humans than they have ever killed of any one species of animal, and I think this even goes for the hated cow.
In matter of fact, it looks like at some point everyone slept with everyone's momma and now it's all just a matter of time for everyone to catch up and get that ************.

What I'm trying to say is that people like killing people and will kill people no matter how many times you tell them not to do it.

So why not make it legal?
Now hold on. I know there are some reading this going, 'Oh I know where he's going..." And you are absolutely right. But for the rest of you, gimmie a second.
I'm not talking about 'walk into a diner with an uzi' kind of murder or 'stab your cheating ex with an icepick' murder.
No, I speak of completely consentual, full disclosure and profesionally monitored murder.
A fight to the death between two consenting adults of army eligable age that is recognized as legal.

I know, wtf, right?


Hold on though, wait. No matter what we do, there are people out there that want to kill people. Yes, it's horrible. And many of them aren't even criminals. A good majority join police and military organizations, join special forces, work for mercenary or private security (there aren't pmc, it's psc) companies. Yeah, I know, hard idea to wrap around that some of the people who choose careers with guns secretly want to use them, huh?
Some of these people don't even do that. They just bury the urge until it breaks loose and they're walking through the halls of their previous place of employment with a handgun, or maybe the Discovery channel lobby, who knows?
And yeah, I'm generalizing, but we do that for a reason. It works often enough and it can prove a point.
So let's cut to the meat of this hey?
Let's hear it. The New World Order is upon us, Utopian facists abound in the streets, and they've just legalized consentual murder. Here is what they've started.
The rules are, anyone able to join the army is old enough to particiapate. There can only be two participants, and it must be at a neutral, prechosen facility created just for this purpose. The participants are chosen from a pool of candidates that is (I know, sexist, whatever) gender-segregated. Once selected, they go to the facility's core.
The core of the facility is a small sound-proof maze with a random selection of weapons distributed through-out. There can be projectile weapons, but no body armor or medical aid. Only one person may leave the core alive, though surviving is not a necessity. You may not leave your opponent alive.

So, do you freak out, join, blarlglaglaga, start a fan club, or just retire from the human race.
Please, debate the morality of this by all means, just keep in mind, for the sake of the argument, this is a legal act.
 

Zomni42

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You ever noticed how games and novels and movies and other fiction list that have worlds that execute this idea are usually labeled as a "Dystopia"?
 
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Whatever happened to good old fashioned duels eh? Separated the men from the boys, and nearly removed that scoundrel Dolokhov from my literary sights.
 

DarthFennec

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I like the idea, in theory. You could even make a spectator sport out of it. I'm pretty sure it won't work too well, though. See, I like to think the human race is a little more complex than that. Sure, some people might want to just run around a laser tag facility blasting the fuck out of each other, but most of the people who kill illegally nowadays have a particular reason, and that usually means they have it in for a particular person, so randomly picking opponents is not going to attract those people. Also, if you're going to kill someone you probably don't want them to be ready and armed for it, you want them in a position that will make you the least vulnerable. It's human nature to not go into situations where you have a really good chance of getting blown up. And for the people who just want to be in a hunt-or-be-hunted situation, where they can just blow the fuck out of someone for no reason, legally, well don't we already have something like that? It's called the military. Lots of people join it.
 

burningdragoon

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Though I do not agree with this idea, I must say I did rather enjoy the tone of the article.

If this did happen, I don't think it work out to well. Maybe it would be fine for a little while, but eventually things would get all mucked up. I also highly doubt that this would put a stop the many other potential outlets for murder. For one, since you couldn't choose your opponent, anybody who both a) wants to kill and b) wants to kill someone specific is probably just going to go and kill the person anyway. No for two, sorry.

I certainly wouldn't enter.

Lord Mountbatten Reborn said:
Whatever happened to good old fashioned duels eh? Separated the men from the boys, and nearly removed that scoundrel Dolokhov from my literary sights.
Keeping mind what said above, part of me does wish duels were still culturally acceptable, especially of the sword variety. I'm weird, go figure.
 

zehydra

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Look, there's gonna be a LOT more killing if its legal.

Nobody wants that...
 

The Arc of Eden

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It works... in fact I like it. But something about this is lacking...

I can't think of it right now. Sounds like the movies Gamer and Death Race without the necessity of the participants being death-row inmates.
 

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Lord Mountbatten Reborn said:
Whatever happened to good old fashioned duels eh? Separated the men from the boys, and nearly removed that scoundrel Dolokhov from my literary sights.
One of the best scenes in the history of cinema.

 

me and my dog

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This is ridiculous. This goes against everything that good people of the world fought and died for. Abraham Lincoln,Martin Luther king,Gandhi, and Jesus Christ. They all died to stop the killing and the hating. It would be outrageous to say they died in vain if we just make killing legal.
 

King Crab

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the notions of good and evil, basic human rights and the moral nature of man?

ya know, it ain't all that natural to kill a fellow human, even if it is common and muck in some places. people justify pretty much anything to themselves if they need to, including needing to kill another for whatever reason they conjure up. But it breaks them, really does. Unless they are already broken to begin with, killing a fella ain't that easy on the psyche.

The last few years it would seem that movies, tv, games and so on have been devaluing human life, desenzitizing murder and all kinds of other things. This ain't true. no matter how much I think on it, it ain't. you know why? cause it ain't worked on me. All the countries and nations that are most exposed to violent media are, shock, western civilized countries. I'm not saying they are better, more moral or less violent, cause they're not. and that is the point. they're not much different. no one is.

I ain't trying to espouse some schtick about the human ideal, or say that killing isn't in our nature. it is. it is for pretty much any creature, for whatever reasons, (how they've evolved, habbitat, survival instincts, ectera).

gah, what I might be trying to say is that you can't really solve anything by killing, because all that ever leads to is more killing. making something legal or illegal won't make it right.

what do I know, I'm just a crab, eh?
 

googleit6

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Sorry. I don't agree with this at all. In my eyes, killing is wrong. Life is the most precious thing you have, and even if you take someone else's, you shouldn't lose yours. (You just spend the rest of it in a prison.) I don't believe in the afterlife, so I believe you have only this one life to live.

I don't think I can even process this idea properly. It's hard to imagine people willingly walking to their death. How someone could get over the guilt of taking someone's life is beyond me as well.

It would be a huge step backward for mankind. Didn't this happen in Rome hundreds of years ago? Why, why would we want to relive that? We are supposed to be improving ourselves as a whole, global community, learning from our mistakes.

Killing is bad, even if it is consensual.
 

Daveman

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You mean people settling they're differences one on one? Where both people agree to fight to the death? Well firstly, if they feel that way they could just take a flight somewhere really remote, stage a fight and one just never be found again. Secondly most people actually really don't want to kill people. In war it's often a kill or be killed reflex rather than an outright hatred of the other person. I think most people would find it hard to kill somebody if they were tied up and begging to see their family.

But frankly, only the utterly moronic would consent to this. I mean even if you are highly skilled there's always the chance your opponent might get lucky. Why risk it? And I think to say that seeking confrontation is human nature is ludicrous. We may fear stuff we don't know or understand or aren't familiar with, this gives the basis of most xenophobia, homophobia and other generally bad things. But more often than not I think the most peaceful solution is usually sought.