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* Sports is in essence non-lethal warfare. The competition can be real, (Cold War Olympics?) but the body count is significantly reduced.
* Many cultures used to practice non-lethal warfare such as in the Native American custom of 'Counting Coup' (where a combantant would essentially touch a rival with a stick and that counted as a winning blow in a battle) this did not prove to be an effective form of warfare against european colonists.
* Several tribal societies meet at certain times of the year with neighbors and line up to fight until they are stopped by their elders, typically at "first blood" or something similar. This led anthropologists to believe they were far more gentle then they were. In fact the normal form conflict takes among them is more often thievery and exchange of assassination and can generate casualties far more in proportion to the population then a major war among a technological people while these ritual "battles" were more noticeable for raiding parties were off in the bush where the anthropologist was not. This phenomenon by comparison, though real territorial and political stakes can be wagered, is often more a tourney then a battle, for it is a way for young warriors to show off their skills, and they will often have a party
* Several Italian towns had traditional ritual rumbles between neighborhoods. This went through the spectrum from a gaudy but more or less harmless pageant to something not dissimilar from a gang fight. This
* Similarly pranking was once [[Serious Business]] in Italy, where honor was very important and was best gotten by plundering it from someone else. Variations of this included seducing another family's women, to drawing graffiti on someone's house (as ability to protect one's women and dwelling was an important part of honor) to just knocking someone's hat on the ground (as the face was the most honorable part, and knocking his had off defiled his face). Sometimes pranks grew to a level where they evolved from non-lethal feuds to lethal feuds, as some insults were considered ''so'' serious as to require bloodshed.
* Espionage. At least when the powers are friendly enough to not bother assassinating each other or each other's stooges.
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