- 11 Oct 2018 04:10
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Non-violent contests, including dance competitions, are fine. The argument for duelling is not an argument against non-violent competitions.
You literally have to race bait in every thread.
Dance is not the modern equivalent of duelling.
You are not against "stupid, prone to abuse, does not actually resolve the underlying issue and is classist"? Makes sense given you are describing communism!
The solution to 1984 is 1973!
Pants-of-dog wrote:How is it not dueling?
Gang members use dance as a way of dealing with the same slights that your wig wearing toffs used traditional duels to solve.
It plays the same social role in terms of protecting honour, avoiding thenspread of conflict, resolving dominance, etc.
The people involved are, like traditional duelists, not exactly foreign to lethal violence.
Is it a race thing?
Non-violent contests, including dance competitions, are fine. The argument for duelling is not an argument against non-violent competitions.
You literally have to race bait in every thread.
Pants-of-dog wrote:So, why do you refuse to engage in the modern equivalent of dueling if you support the traditional version?
Dance is not the modern equivalent of duelling.
Pants-of-dog wrote:I never said I was against dueling.
If you want to feel insulted at something, and then get beat up about it, feel free. I even mentioned that I would enjoy watching it.
I just said it was stupid, prone to abuse, does not actually resolve the underlying issue, and is classist.
You are not against "stupid, prone to abuse, does not actually resolve the underlying issue and is classist"? Makes sense given you are describing communism!
The solution to 1984 is 1973!