Thanks... I hear ya on that one. Thanks for all your help, guys. I picked up Hagakure at a place called Hastings (a book, DVD, magazine, music and video game store... which surprised the hell out of me) and am feverishly reading it. I've bookmarked all the "Ghostdog" quotes and have some others that I just love. One was a small story about a guy who said something about "not wanting to have to commit seppuku over a matter so trivial as money" or something like that. Good book... some things sound a little contradictory but that's the way it goes, I guess. Thanks again for your help, all.
__________________ "Even if one's head were to be suddenly cut off, he will still be able to do one more act with certainty. With martial valor, if one becomes like a revengeful ghost and shows great determination, though his head is cut off, he should not die." - Yamamoto Tsunetomo |