Honor: The Modern Duel

A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two individuals, with matched weapons in accordance with agreed-upon rules.

Duels in this form were chiefly practiced in Early Modern Europe, with precedents in the medieval code of chivalry, and continued into the modern period (19th to early 20th centuries) especially among military officers. During the 17th and 18th centuries (and earlier), duels were mostly fought with swords (the rapier, later the small sword, and finally the French foil), but beginning in the late 18th century and during the 19th century, duels were more commonly fought using pistols, but fencing and pistol duels continued to co-exist throughout the 19th century.

The code of the honorable duel surrounded the notion of honor. Duels were fought not so much to kill the opponent as to gain "satisfaction", that is, to restore one's honor by demonstrating a willingness to risk one's life for it, and as such the tradition of duelling was reserved to the male members of nobility, in the modern era extended to those of the upper classes more generally. From the early 17th century duels were often illegal in Europe, though in most societies where duelling was socially accepted, participants in a fair duel were not prosecuted, or if they were, not convicted.

There are those who propagate the idea that dueling should be reinstated in Aryan society to settle 'affairs of honor'. Very well then, let's take a look at this idea. You insult me so I challenge you to a duel. (Or vice versa.) Good, however, I am an expert pistol shot, have two black belts, and am pretty good with a saber. I have fought duels with knives and machetes. Personally, I think dueling is stupid. At best, it is a pretty good way to kill half of us off. At worst, the guy you challenge brings in a mercenary and calls him his 'champion.'

To make dueling fair we would have to use Russian Roulette as the 'weapon of choice'. 

The way this dangerous game is played is usually with a six shot revolver giving the players a 1 in 6 chance of staying alive equaling out to about 84%. How the game works is that the players will place one bullet into the chamber of the revolver and spin the cylinder not knowing the location of the round. Then the players will take turns placing the muzzle against their heads and pulling the trigger. This goes on until the live round fires and one of the players is dead. Honor is satisfied. (Until the next time.)

How stupid. But then, the idea of combat 'settling affairs of honor' verges on stupidity. In our society, one would have to spend most of his time killing other people because they were considered rude and thoughtless. Anyone in politics, would be forced to hire a squadron of 'champions' to defend his honor. And members of the National Socialist Movement would be fighting duels non-stop... This is preposterous!

We hear ideas of this caliber all the time and never respond to them because it is pointless. This world that these people fantasize is never going to happen. It is a pipe-dream. Some "Klingon' shit from Star Trek, or video game quackery... Little boys touching themselves 'down there'.

When you hear an idea that is a good one you know that it will happen - because it has to happen! Bad ideas abound in our society because most people can't tell reality from fantasy. They've been watching too much TV.

Still, it is the duty of leaders to point out stupid ideas and make sure that our Folk stay on the right path. Hopefully this will start happening soon. Until then, all we can do is hope that there are enough reasonable people in our community to keep the idiots in check....