10-28-2005, 01:01 PM
Last samurai? Ugh..awful movie..cheap ripoff of Kagemusha et al...
OK, modern waepons are a lot less honorable! But at least, most of the time you snuff it in a reasonable short time, whereas those 'honorable blades' of old could have you in mortal agony for days or weeks before you popped off...
OK, modern waepons are a lot less honorable! But at least, most of the time you snuff it in a reasonable short time, whereas those 'honorable blades' of old could have you in mortal agony for days or weeks before you popped off...
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)