How is this different from harikari?

Gnarlodious
PS; as long as I have you on the horn, wasn't Phaedra a charactr in Zen&the
art of Motorcycle Maintenence?

Entity PSavage spoke thus:

> Seppuku is an anchient Japanese suicide custom, still practiced
> today, appropriate when one is judged dishonorable or to have
> failed in some important pursuit that involves shame or loss of face.
> One commits seppuku by knifing one's self in the abdomen.
> Ouch!
> Phaedra