Would you cut your belly ?

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I always wondered about Japanese warriors, they chose honor instead of life, if they were defeated they committed suicide, if they insulted their lords, they committed suicide, if they ashamed someone or themselves they committed suicide, it's not even a joke it's real ! I was thinking how many people would have the courage and chose to stick a blade in their bellies and cut it open ! Now the ritual is something like this, you take a bath, dress up, they serve you your favorite meal, then you sit down and take your wakizashi, a smaller blade than katana, you wrap a cloth on the middle of the blade, witch is on top of a wooden board, then you take the sword and stick it in your belly deep, then make a cut from left to right, spin it and go up, then you bend your head and someone from behind decapitates you, in all this time you are supposed to bear your pain and not show it on your face. Now imagine yourself being a samurai, you ashamed yourself, and now you're expected to commit sepuku (hara kiri), no one MAKES you, it's your choice, would YOU do it ?