Berin Loritsch wrote:
Adrian Field wrote:
cultural sensitivity (I think a couple of posts are on the right track with
contacting Native American organisations to see what their thoughts are on
this instead of being subjective),
negative association- suicide in some cultures through history has been
honourable.
More specifically the rite of hatakili (sp?) that Samarai were allowed to perform so that they could die honorably.
HaraKiri - lit. Cut-Stomach
The nature of Geronimo's death is more consistent with this mindset.
???
http://www.tombtown.com/html/index2.htm?http%3A//www.tombtown.com/bios/geronimo.htm
"*During the winter of 1909, the 85 year old Geronimo fell off of his horse and remained in a ditch until the next day. He caught pneumonia and died a few days later on February 17, 1909."
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=geronimo+pneumonia&btnG=Google+Search
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