Originally Posted by
rodsky
It seems you may not have read the article (or perhaps just took a passing glance at it):
"...or performed for other reasons that had brought shame to them."
-RODION
Yeah, I only made a "passing glance" and I read that line, but I also read this line before that.
...seppuku was used voluntarily by samurai to die with honour
But, Angelo Reyes did not die with honor.
Seppuku is suicide, but not all suicide are Seppuku-ish.
It's like all gays are men, but not all men are gay.
That's why some here say it is a coward's way out (in the case of Reyes) because not all suicides are Seppuku-ish.
We're talking about Angelo Reyes here committing suicide(?), not a sumarai doing a Seppuku.