If you've been kidnapped and forced to fight by a group of people (or aliens, or whatever) who admit they have no problem destroying your planet for frivolous reasons, can you trust that they will honor their part of the bargain and not destroy your planet if you do win the fight? They are already proven kidnappers and potentially mass-murderers; why not also liars? The people doing something wrong are the ones who destroy someone's planet for no obvious reason.

In a very real sense it's wrong to allow yourself to be coerced by force into being party to something like this. What has this other "champion" you'll be fighting done to deserve death? Is it right to kill a stranger in order to stop a bunch of murderers from murdering a bunch of other people? If this is acceptable, where would you draw the line? Imagine you change the scenario so the man doesn't have to fight a champion, but rather has to murder a bunch of unarmed children.

The only reason to fight in this situation is in self-defense. And in that case, you should try to fight on your own terms, not on the terms dictated by your kidnappers. Fight to try to alter the situation entirely.

Quote Originally Posted by Leeza View Post
This sounds exactly like an old episode of Star Trek and so the answer must be courageous because Kirk would never be cowardly.
Exactly.