# Are to-the-death gladiatorial games legal anywhere today? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 25, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-to-the-death-gladiatorial-games-legal-anywhere-today/661843 "2013-06-25T03:29:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SpyOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@SpyOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpyOne)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-to-the-death-gladiatorial-games-legal-anywhere-today/661843/21 "2013-06-27T06:13:25Z")
> [@si\_blakely](#): > > This was the primary defence position used in 2004 to justify the rape and sexual abuse of girls from the age of 12 by the older men of the island. Courts convened in NZ and the UK disagreed, and seven men were [convicted and jailed](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcairn_sexual_assault_trial_of_2004). Yes, but none of that was relevant here, so I didn’t mention it. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-to-the-death-gladiatorial-games-legal-anywhere-today/661843/22 "2013-06-27T07:18:28Z")
I don’t think there is any effective government in some parts of the world. Somalia springs to mind. I think as long as you are prepared to make payments to local warlords in Somalia sufficient to keep them happy, you can do whateverthehell you want there. What your local government might say when you got home is too hard a jurisdictional question for me to comment upon, especially after I’ve been on a long and very liquid celebratory lunch! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-to-the-death-gladiatorial-games-legal-anywhere-today/661843.md?page=1)