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Originally Posted by Grapesoda
ritual suicide is 'public' so the dude offing himself where he can be seen is intentional, that way his 'sacrifice for honor' can be accepted without shame by either party. i.e. the guy is 'showing his willingness' to step up and do the right thing. not a concept that translates well into western culture...
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That's why I used the term hari kari. It's Japanese though and it's been pointed already sk is not Japan. Nevertheless, there's a time and place for everything.
This was not the time or the place and his assuming responsibility was misplaced, there's not a right-minded person on this planet that would place blame on him for what happened. So just adding a gruesome public death in front of already stricken children still trying to comprehend what happened just hours/days into the tragedy doesn't help anybody or anything.