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Originally Posted by Sake Sipper  They encouraged the spirit of Bushido, they did not revive the Samurai class. You are just spinning and playing with words again to indulge your child-like imagination. |
No, I'm stating very clearly that the idea of "being one who serves a higher cause" (samurai means "one who serves" after all) is not limited to government distinctions. Thats the paradox of dealing with the world perception is not reality, but many will treat their preception as reality. I can't fly just because I have Superman Boxers and a cape, but I can still leap from a window and die trying. A soldier told to embrace the spirit of bushido and became a "modern samurai" isn't returning to a fuedual culture, but it is still reviving the preception of being "elite" by "serving a higher cause" and in turn motivating that individual to act. This is no different then cult-like psuedo-religious indocturination; the cause a false belief system has the effect of inspiring a person to act as such. Its a mild form of brain washing that is still used on individuals today. Especially in those systems which are trying to keep alive a "dieing tradition."