RE: anyone else here not pro life for the sake of being pro life?
November 13, 2013 at 1:40 am
(This post was last modified: November 13, 2013 at 1:49 am by Anomalocaris.)
(November 13, 2013 at 1:01 am)Minimalist Wrote: Suicide is cultural.
Japanese military and even some civilians considered it their duty.
It's not just the Japanese.
There was a tradition in the western navies that gained strength during the 19th century and was descernible through WWII that demand a captain of a prestigious ship to go down with his ship if his ship is lost. Similarly senior military officer compelled to surrender his troop is expected to expiate the shame by shooting himself.
In germany during 19th and early 20th century unmarried women are expected to commit suicide if they agree to a marriage proposal without their father's consent and their fiancé subsequently break the engagement. Similarly if an unmarried woman chooses to leave home to pursue a trade or craft is also expected to commit suicide if they are publically rebuked for inadequacy in their chosen trade or craft.
It wasn't so long ago that many western societies also regarded personal honor to be easily injured, and injuries to honor must be expiated by death.
