<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/25/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">The Avantguardian</b> <<a href="mailto:avantguardian2020@yahoo.com">avantguardian2020@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Samurai would behave with honor, discipline, and<br>rationality toward one another even when while serving<br>opposite political factions. For its simplicity, it is<br>a highly effective means of preserving the rule of law
<br>whilst allowing for numerous individuals to wield the<br>power of life and death over others. And it is<br>empirically proven IMHO.<br><br>> What about gang societies in certain cities?<br><br>Gang members would derive immense benefit from the
<br>practice of Bushido. It would allow them to become a<br>force of social justice instead of being the scourge<br>of civilization. Unfortunately most gang members would<br>probably not be able to cover the intellectual<br>
overhead for Bushido. Although adopting Bushido would<br>certainly motivate a great deal more of them to pursue<br>higher education.</blockquote><div><br>Rather than adopting Bushido, we could have everyone including governments and criminal gangs adopt Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence, and everything would be hunky-dory.
<br><br>Stathis Papaioannou<br></div><br></div><br>