[astounded]

...They commit hari kari with a sword of some variety of nonvote.”...

Bert, I’m not trying to be a jerk or to make you look bad. Just so you know, the term you use is actually “hara-kiri”. The “hara” is our core, our gut or belly; “kiri” means “to cut” or “cutting”. Hara-kiri (also known as “seppuku”) was a ritual method of death by disembowelment for Japanese samurai who were shamed or sentenced to death. A samurai often required help from someone who would finish the job by beheading him after his ritual cut.

[bert]

It’s ok ...... As always, the issue is brought before the world in truth on Free Republic.

[spokeshave]

Hara-kiri (also known as “seppuku”) was a ritual method of death by disembowelment for Japanese samurai who were shamed or sentenced to death. A samurai often required help from someone who would finish the job by beheading him after his ritual cut.

To see how its really done...view the events of the November day in 1970 when the author Yukio Mishima committed seppuku (ritual suicide) after occupying Japan's military headquarters at the head of his private army

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80uhCUcoiKs&feature=related

November 25th 1970 at the Japan Military Headquarters