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2012-04-08 India-Pakistan
Moment of reckoning
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Posted by trailing wife 2012-04-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [336068 views ]  Top

#1 Seppuku as capital punishment

While the voluntary seppuku described above is the best known form, in practice the most common form of seppuku was obligatory seppuku, used as a form of capital punishment for disgraced samurai, especially for those who committed a serious offense such as unprovoked murder, robbery, corruption, or treason. The samurai were generally told of their offense in full and given a set time to commit seppuku, usually before sunset on a given day. If the sentenced was uncooperative, it was not unheard of for them to be restrained, or for the actual execution to be carried out by decapitation while retaining only the trappings of seppuku; even the short sword laid out in front of the offender could be replaced with a fan. Unlike voluntary seppuku, seppuku carried out as capital punishment did not necessarily absolve the offender's family of the crime. Depending on the severity of the crime, half or all of the deceased's property could be confiscated, and the family stripped of rank.
Posted by Water Modem 2012-04-08 01:35||   2012-04-08 01:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, "honor culture" bullshit aside, unlike samurai, even disgraced, these are just turds which need to be flushed...
Posted by M. Murcek 2012-04-08 18:12||   2012-04-08 18:12|| Front Page Top

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