[Nervous Tick]

>> hara kiri (seppuku being the more formal term) en mass.

In “seppuku”, isn’t there a person that stands behind the hara-kiri-ee (or whatever you call the soon-to-be-dead one) and administers the coup de grace to the neck with a big ol’ sword, right after Mr. Lost Face slices his tummy open?

If the donks are going to do this en masse, I bet they’ll need some volunteers for the neck-whacking...?

Just wondering.

[allmendream]

Yes, the seppuku person opens their stomach, a painful way to die, then their ‘second’ finished the job by severing the neck, which is quicker. It was important that this be done by a master swordsman because the body might shift during the stabbing, and they needed to sever the neck with one blow and also leave a flap of skin so the head would not roll off into the crowd.

I recommend the Japanese art book “Lone Wolf and Cub”.

But I don’t like the analogy, what the Dem’s are going to do to themselves at a brokered convention if Hillary steals it is not going to be nearly as final and dignified as seppuku. More like pandemonium.

[skinkinthegrass]

what he said. :D...and they needed to sever the neck with one blow and also leave a flap of skin so the head would not roll off into the crowd.

thanks....didn't know that.