Duelling - Another One Show C**k *p!
13/11/09 22:35 Filed in: Personal
Another tour de force of b*lls up from tonights "One Show".
Dan Snow did a little segment on duelling, detailing the duels of the mid to late 19th century.
During the usual blather up at the end of the piece he made a great point to say the "Duelling is actually still legal in Florida. So long as nobody gets hurt."
How wrong can any one man get. Florida made a state constitutional law AGAINST duelling in 1838. Article 6, Section 5 states that -
"No person shall be capable of holding, or of being elected to any post of honor, profit, trust, or emolument, civil or military, legislative, executive, or judicial, under the government of this State, who shall hereafter fight a duel, or send, or accept a challenge to fight a duel, the probable issue of which may be the death of the challenger, or challenged, or who shall be a second to either party, or who shall in any manner aid, or assist in such duel, or shall be knowingly the bearer of such challenge, or acceptance, whether the same occur, or be committed in or out of the State."
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel
So, only 100% wrong and 170 years out of date then. Nice one Dan!
Dan Snow did a little segment on duelling, detailing the duels of the mid to late 19th century.
During the usual blather up at the end of the piece he made a great point to say the "Duelling is actually still legal in Florida. So long as nobody gets hurt."
How wrong can any one man get. Florida made a state constitutional law AGAINST duelling in 1838. Article 6, Section 5 states that -
"No person shall be capable of holding, or of being elected to any post of honor, profit, trust, or emolument, civil or military, legislative, executive, or judicial, under the government of this State, who shall hereafter fight a duel, or send, or accept a challenge to fight a duel, the probable issue of which may be the death of the challenger, or challenged, or who shall be a second to either party, or who shall in any manner aid, or assist in such duel, or shall be knowingly the bearer of such challenge, or acceptance, whether the same occur, or be committed in or out of the State."
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel
So, only 100% wrong and 170 years out of date then. Nice one Dan!
