We should bring back honorable duels.

While I don't consider Pirates of the Caribbean 2 much of a font of useful information, your point is well taken. Dictionary. com defines: Honor: honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions. Duel: a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, esp. to settle a private quarrel. Sorry, I didn't know that you were unaware of the definitions were, that is what I get for assuming. 1. You stated that there was no evidence that the duels were fair fights. Well, that is the difference between a duel and a bar fight. In a duel two consensual parties agree to the rules of combat. If both parties agree to the rules and use the same weapons, how is that not fair? You can always back out as well. Proving that every duel is a fair fight is simple, if it was a real duel, then it was a fair fight. That is like having to prove that fire is hot. A duel is a fair fight, that is the whole point. 2. The reduction of violent crime would be the result of civilized combat. In the sense that both parties agree to have a duel at a set time, whether to the death, first blood, or just hand to hand combat MMA rules. Not only would it reduce people from acting out of passion and fighting in the middle of a party, but it would reduce the amount of collateral damage. How many people get shot in drive by shootings that are not the target? How many fights break out that result in broken property and innocent people getting hurt? If people would agree to a set time to fight as well it could reduce violence period. Hypothetical, if two guys get into a dispute, if they agreed to a duel at a later time, they would have a chance to cool off and possibly get over the incident all together. 3. The duel could be over anything. Though there is rarely a good reason to fight, but people do fight all the time. Disputes over girls, money, insults, pretty much anything people fight over these days. The combatants terms can be pretty much anything. There was a document of a duel that took place where both combatants used billiard balls as the selected weapon. I am sure today there would be very few duels to the death, but would mainly consist of hand to hand combat. The rules are agreed upon by both parties and are enforced by a selected official also agreed upon by both parties. 4. Your correct that duels do exist today, but not to end conflict between two parties just for entertainment. Duels in MMA, Boxing, or other contact sports don't resolve a conflict. Though I would like to point out that in rare cases when two fighters do have a prior conflict in an MMA match they often shake hands after the fight and end it gracefully, which shows how a fight can resolve a conflict. 5. I believe you are assuming that all duels end in death, when in all actuality duels usually either ended in minor injury or they didn't take place at all. A duel was more likely to be called off then to take place. Most duels with pistols didn't end in death either, it was more common that both parties selected first blood as the resulting end to the duel. Your statement that duels couldn't be honorable unless you could read their mind and tell why they wanted to duel. Well, the point of a duel is honor! Honor is fairness and integrity. If both parties agree to the rules of combat and agree to combat, what isn't fair and honorable about that? "Violence - look, we live in a violent world, man. This country was founded on violence. Who's kidding who? "-Bruce Willis I thought I would quote an actor as well. It is a violent world. My point being, that with duels at least the fights are regulated. Rather than brutal brawls where people may be outnumbered or using weapons on unarmed victims, or where people shoot at random hoping to hit their target.