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WCDT Strips 3006-3010 (20 to 24 July 2015)

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Akima:

--- Quote from: jheartney on 23 Jul 2015, 10:06 ---However the fact that it's happening in an unmarked venue suggests that robot fights themselves are illegal, in the same way that cockfighting is illegal.
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Cockfighting is perfectly legal in several jurisdictions.

On the face of it, it is a bit puzzling why robot-fights would be illegal in the first place. Participation is voluntary, the brains of the participants are protected, and body damage could be addressed through repair or replacement of parts. Possibly laws relating to mutually-agreed fighting have not caught up with the existence of self-aware, sentient robots, and assume that the participants are more fragile, or possibly it is not the fights that are regarded as undesirable so much as the gambling that is probably part of the scene. Cockfighting was banned for a time in Cuba because of hostility to gambling and private enterprise, but later restored on a state-run basis.

moriastar:
*Ahem* Faye gets a support group! Pintsize gets a support group! You get a support group! Everyone gets a support group!

...now THAT'S out of my system....

I imagine it's illegal because it's not going through the proper channels and safety precautions. For example, there are legal fighting rings for humans beings. We still have illegal ones were people can stand to make more money, particularly if they have issues finding work elsewhere.

ZoeB:

--- Quote ---Modern Bare Knuckle Boxing

Professional Bouts are now held, created and managed by the World Bareknuckle Boxing Association which itself is not recognized as a sports organization anywhere outside of the United States. It is also a fact that any tournaments are illegal and/or unregulated in most countries today. However in the British Isles where the sports are still very popular there are efforts for the sport to be brought out of the underground and into the mainstream.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bare-knuckle_boxing

osaka:
Pintsize on to the regular schedule of shenanigans.

Zebediah:
When Marten learns that Pintsize was telling the truth about helping Faye get a job, he's going to wonder if Pintsize might have been telling the truth about the other things too.  :evil:

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