RE: The mercy of honor killing
April 2, 2018 at 10:13 am
(This post was last modified: April 2, 2018 at 10:24 am by WinterHold.)
(April 2, 2018 at 9:42 am)Chad32 Wrote: There are all kinds of stories about people being killed because they want to marry someone the parents don't approve of, or because they want to stop following the religion or something, so I don't see much good coming out of honor killing. Even with the example in the OP, we already have debates over whether the death penalty is moral or not, regardless of the crime.
The way I see it, if you can't bear to live without your "honor", and you feel someone needs to die for it, the only life you have the right to take is your own. Leave other people alone.
Frankly; "honor" and "dignity" are in so many times are thought to be, and confused with "being hotheaded".
In the Middle East -for example-, the stereotype is to speak in your sister's name and act ape shit if you knew that she is having an affair -that is outside the laws of marriage-.
Japan -as an other example- had different "honor definition (Samurai codes are enough" that also mean the same thing: "be hotheaded, lose your temper, and call that "living up to morals of your ancestors: preserving your culture"-.
In all these cases; you call that shit "honor"; but that is not honor or dignity. That is you choosing to be hotheaded.
It's not "honor". It's "not being able to get over your heritage; and relax with a deep breath".
