Meltroniks, this is so unbelievably full of nothing
but stereotypical crap I'm not even sure where to
begin, so I'll begin by pointing you to the top 11
misconceptions regarding the Samurai:
http://www.geocities.com/klancesegall/home.htm
Go there, read it all, and do so before posting again.
Now, I'll get to the content of your post, edited in
text below.
--- meltroniks <
meltroniks@...> wrote:
> It is my understanding that the samurai lived a very
> strict and
> ritualistic lifestyle.
Some did, some didn't.
They were under the service
> of and dedicated
> fully to a daimyo or lord.
You've been watching too many anime or movies.
most Were paid in rice,
> which was farmed by
> the underclass which were not allowed to wear the
> swords.
Post-sword hunt, that's correct. Before the 1590's,
that would be a complete fallacy. Even during the Edo
period, commoners were allowed to carry personal
protection weapons, to include short swords.
Any samurai
> who wished to test out his new shinken or (real
> sword),for a price
> could cut down a criminal who had been caught as
> Japan had no prisons.
Japan most definitely had prisons. Not sure where the
hell you came up with that one.
> Death was the customary punishment for every
> offense. Sometimes
> samurai would cut down innocent people to test their
> steel if no one
> was looking but this was most likely not the norm.
"Me? No, I didn't cut that guy down...you didn't see
me, did you? Nope, wasn't me..."
> Samurai means to
> serve and a samurai was also called bushi being the
> plural or bujin
> for one of them.
"bushi" isn't the plural of "bujin". Japanese has no
plural or singular--the plural of "bushi" is "bushi",
the singular of "bushi" is "bushi. Plural or singular
is determined by context or counters.
Guns were introduced by the
> first europeans
> but not given or sold to them one man made a sketch
> of one of the guns
> and within 6 months there were guns aplenty.
Wow, this is so wrong it's not even funny. There's no
possible way that someone who'd never seen one before
could make a sketch of an arquebus and then create
one. The swordmaker of the lord of Tanegashima island,
where the first Portuguese landed and demonstrated
firearms, aquired several arquebuses, and was able to
do everything except figure out how to seal the
barrel. For the secret to this, he traded his daughter
to a Portuguese merchant.
The
> samurai adopted their
> use for a short time until they were considered
> dishonorable and the
> samurai abandoned there use willingly.
God, no. No, no, no, no, and no. "Dishonorable" had
nothing to do with anything.
The use of a
> jo or staff was
> the weapon used by almost all japanese poeple and
> the main weapon of
> the lower class to defend against the samurai.
Um, no.
Then
> there were the
> Ninja.
Stop. I can't even begin to read the idiocy you write
here. Go to the link I posted, go read the section on
ninja. You've managed to post every single myth and
Hollywood fantasy possible here, congrats.
They employed many
> dishonorable tactics and
> devices including throwing venomous snakes on their
> foes.
Hmm...that's a new one.
Samurai
> would stand and state their name and such before
> fighting in duels
> which usually lasted 30 seconds or less.
Yes, Samurai stated their names and lineage prior to
battle...a practice that died out before 1300, because
it was completely impractical. This ended essentially
during the Mongol invasions, since those nasty Mongols
didn't play nice and simply shot the brave Samurai in
the middle of his introduction speech.
Ninja did
> not and snuk around
> and disguised themselves and such. Ninja were more
> effective in combat
> than most samurai though and usually acted alone.
> Slaying a sleeping
> army and other similar antics.
Slaying a sleeping army? At once? Wow, those ninjers
are Kool.
Honor meant
> everything to the samurai
> and they would not hesitate to commit hara kiri done
> with the
> wakizashi one would stick the blade into his gut
> with the goal of
> cutting the spine from the front then another would
> end his suffering
> with a beheading. Someone the former had chosen to
> assist him in
> restoring his honor.
Yup, I saw in a comic book that some samurai called
his friend by the wrong name, so to atone he cut his
own stomach right then and there, without even
thinking about it. Those samurai were always
committing suicide...
No. And....no.
A samurai could probably take
> down a charging
> bull but I would not expect the could have tussled
> succesfully with a
> grizzly bear.
Actually, many samurai were successful economically,
in both the prosperous and lean times...
...or did you really mean to give your opinion vis a
vis various animals? まったく。。。。
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