We should hold our presidential competetitions like that...
In third-world countires, dictators have the distinct ability to have all their underlings doing the fighting... A deatjmatch between two canditates alone would not really be like that... (no guns, after all, as they make it too quick). And I imagine it would easily revive television!
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"I know there's got to be some sort of mathematical equation for this sort of thing, but I prefer trial and error. It's one of the advantages of having a socialized health care system."
Wake up, George Lucas... The Matrix has you...