Comments on: The Gift of Men https://didacticmind.com/2016/04/the-gift-of-men.html Strategic Defence of the Mantle of Responsibility Sat, 29 Aug 2020 20:39:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Didact https://didacticmind.com/2016/04/the-gift-of-men.html#comment-3347 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 13:29:52 +0000 #comment-3347 In reply to LastRedoubt.

Yeah, actually, I did see it- sometime last year if I recall. I honestly rather liked the film, flawed and silly though it was. The story of the 47 Ronin is one of the most important ones in the Japanese canon, and as you say, it underscores the importance of both doing what is right, and accepting the consequences of one's actions.

]]> By: LastRedoubt https://didacticmind.com/2016/04/the-gift-of-men.html#comment-3346 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 04:30:11 +0000 #comment-3346 P.S. Ever seen 47 ronin? Yes, it's got keanu reeves, and despite billing he wasn't really the main character… but it underscores a point of Japanese honor foreign to many especially many postmoderns who already lack any concept of such.

They broke their oaths to do what they saw needed to be done, and then accepted the punishment decreed for breaking their oaths, proving that they were both able to recognize and act to forward a greater sense of good and tight and honor, as well as accept the consequences of violating their oaths to do so.

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