right on the nose On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 1:31 AM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote:
> > Hey Doris and welcome to you, why is such an act honourable? > > On 29 Sep, 23:17, Doris Ragland <[email protected]> wrote: > > honor is that one gives up his self for friends. > > > > On Sep 25, 5:32 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Well, an individual must abide by the code of his/her culture although > > > one can walk away from dishonour and generally pay a steep price for > > > it. I think it means doing the right thing despite the cost. > > > > > On Sep 25, 6:48 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On 25 Sep, 12:13, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > It seems an easy enough question. What is it, what does it mean to > > > > > have it, what acts are honourable and what not? > > > > > > It mostly depends on culture. It was honourable to the Aztecs to be > > > > sacrificed to Quetzalcoatl, I doubt many today would feel the same. > > > > Thieves, at one time, had a code of conduct, making some theiving > > > > honourable and other thieving not honourable. Seppuku (harakiri) is > > > > considered honourable in Japanese culture, but viewed as simple > > > > suicide and damnable by the West. Roughly, honour (like good and > > > > evil) is, like its opposite, shame, an opinion/perception and is > > > > relative.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
