tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 13 17:04:31 1998
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RE: Klingon Culture
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Klingon Culture
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 16:59:37 -0700
lab [email protected] :
> Ok, I know this is primarily a klingon language site but I am
> also hoping that i can use this as a forum to discuss klingon
> culture. After all language is a major part of a culture.
> I was thinking and the way klingons live is quite like how
> the samurai of fuedal japan lived. They had sparse
> furnishings and yearned for honor and combat. However i did
> find one piece of information that is contradictory in a
> comparison of the two cultures and it is an honorable death.
> The klingons believe that it is dishonorable to die by one's
> own hand. My question is why is this so? However in the
> Bushido it was considered honorable to die at one's own hands
> (showing courage and integrity) and a disgrace to die at the
> hands of one's enemy (showing weakness). Could anyone give
> me their personal throughts and opinions on this subject.
> thank you.
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