and just to make it a little relevant..
WHY SAMURAI KILLED THEMSELVES
It is true of course that people who are profoundly depressed to the point of insanity will sometimes kill themselves to escape the misery of their existence. History does not tell us that samurai were all morbidly depressed, however. Sometimes it even records that they died smiling. It also records that the mothers of samurai, who learned that their sons had killed themselves, smiled with joy at the news, hearing of how their sons had met such an honourable death. History is the official version. One might well imagine that these smiling mothers were heart-broken inside, and cried a lot when no one was looking.
http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/nikolas.lloyd/evolve/samurai.html[/b]
