To: nickcarraway
Murder, hunting accident, who can tell?
To: nickcarraway
Dueling was an accepted practice of settling disputes. Therefore, it cannot be murder. Where there is no law, there is no sin.
3 posted on
06/25/2013 8:45:00 AM PDT by
Salvavida
(The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)
To: nickcarraway
Calling a dueling death a murder is a misnomer, especially since dueling was not illegal at the time.
4 posted on
06/25/2013 8:45:09 AM PDT by
PhiloBedo
(You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
To: nickcarraway
In 1624 was a fatality from a duel legally considered a murder?
5 posted on
06/25/2013 8:45:22 AM PDT by
null and void
(Republicans create the tools of oppression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
To: nickcarraway
I though George Harrison died of Brain cancer.
6 posted on
06/25/2013 8:46:10 AM PDT by
Conspiracy Guy
(To stay calm during these tumultuous times, I take Damitol. Ask your Doctor if it's right for you.)
To: nickcarraway
hey said he was the victim in what was perhaps Colonial America's oldest unsolved murder. If it was a duel, it wasn't murder. And if we know who was dueling with him it is not unsolved.
8 posted on
06/25/2013 8:47:23 AM PDT by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Revenge is a dish best served with pinto beans and muffins)
To: nickcarraway
9 posted on
06/25/2013 8:49:17 AM PDT by
JoeProBono
(Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
To: SunkenCiv
To: nickcarraway
I don’t believe at that time it was considered murder. Frankly a little fist fighting in politics wouldn’t be all bad. Might straighten out some of the idiots that have more money than brains.
To: nickcarraway
Looks like it’s neither “unsolved” nor a “murder”. Who’s writing headlines at NPR?
To: nickcarraway
Dueling was not considered to be murder.It was said to be a way for Gentleman to settle disagreements.
17 posted on
06/25/2013 9:00:11 AM PDT by
puppypusher
(The World is going to the dogs.)
To: nickcarraway
The guy who shot him was a really bad shot—but lucky.
19 posted on
06/25/2013 9:02:52 AM PDT by
Venturer
To: nickcarraway
What makes them think it was unsolved?
It’s presumptuous to call it ‘unsolved’ just because we in the here and now don’t know who did what to whom in the there and then since that does not mean that those at the time did not know, and if they knew it wasn’t ‘unsolved’.
20 posted on
06/25/2013 9:04:50 AM PDT by
KrisKrinkle
(Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
Well, at least Ringo is in the clear.
To: nickcarraway
That’s the same way Albert Sydney Johnston died at Shiloh a couple hundred years later.
25 posted on
06/25/2013 9:50:15 AM PDT by
IronJack
(=)
To: nickcarraway
Well, if he was shot during a duel and everyone then knew enough about it to write about it - then there was no unknown murdered.
Eh, NPR, what morons.
28 posted on
06/25/2013 10:11:20 AM PDT by
PeteB570
( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
To: nickcarraway
***And the man who murdered Harrison in a duel,***
MURDER? Mighty strong words. It was a duel. Duels were legal then.
31 posted on
06/25/2013 10:20:16 AM PDT by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
To: nickcarraway
I don’t really think dueling counts as murder.
32 posted on
06/25/2013 10:54:41 AM PDT by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: Pride in the USA
Didn't we have some relative hanging around Jamestown circa 1635? :-)
39 posted on
06/26/2013 7:38:16 PM PDT by
lonevoice
(Today I broke my personal record for most consecutive days lived)
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