BRUTAL LOYALITY
BY : Ibrahim Kamel
HARA-KIRI ( SUICIDE OF THE SAMURAI )
HARA-KIRI IS A METHOD OF SUICIDE, OBLIGATORY OR VOLUNTARY, BY DISEMBOWELMENT, PRACTISED BY THE SAMURAI CLASS IN JAPAN; LATER ADOPTED BY ALL CLASSES AS IDEAL FORM OF SELF—DESTRUCTION. IT WAS DONE BY SELF-INFLICTED CUT ACROSS THE ABDOMEN WITH A DAGGER, FOLLOWED BY A SWORD STROKE BY ANOTHER HAND WHICH SEVERED THE HEAD FROM THE BODY. AS AN OBLIGATORY ACT, ABOLISHED IN 1868. ON THE DAY OF THE JAPANESE EMPEROR’S BURIAL ( 1912 ), GENERAL NOGI AND HIS WIFE COMMITED HARA-KIRI.. CAN YOU IMAGINE YOURSELF ASKING YOUR WIFE TO COMMIT SUICIDE TOGETHER TO SHOW YOUR GRIEF AND SORROW FOR THE DEATH OF YOUR PRESIDENT, KING OR PRINCE ?
