random conversation with (Indian) office-mate
office-mate: I like Japanese culture.
me: (ok…)
office-mate: You know what bushido code is? blah blah blah…
me: (umm…yeah…)
office-mate: Yeah samurais are so brave!
me: (don’t really understand…like how? )
Actually I really don’t understand, why do people think samurais are brave, exactly? I probably should have just asked him and get this all cleared up, but it’s too late now.
Now I think maybe if I watched “The Last Samurai” (which he also likes a lot) I would kinda understand what he’s talking about. Tom Cruise insights…
I think he would kill me if he found I was making fun of him on my blog…probably should make this private just in case, he’s already found his way onto my facebook page.
i also have an indian officemate who likes the last samurai (and tom cruise) a lot…lol
I still don’t understand the brave part. I mean, an unimaginably large amount of courage is required to be able to commit suicide by cutting open your stomach (and etc.), but I’m sure that’s not what people are thinking about here…or is it? Maybe it is the implied courage in the expectation that you are able to commit suicide by cutting open your stomach (and etc.) when you are expected to, but that still doesn’t seem like what people are thinking about.
You should watch Takura Kimura’s 47 Ronin TV movie where he does seppuku in the end, during which (well before kinda) he has a runny nose and asks for “tissue” (草紙 sorta thing, looks to be not nearly as nice to the nose as tissue) and other people gets annoyed because he was blowing too much nose.