Honor

Tad McClellan

I'm not sure the general public has any idea what honor means. The lack of understand leaves them open to manipulation.

Tad McClellan

Well done. It's a good answer.

Oakman

I think "honor" is a lot like "hero." If you have it, or are one, you don't even think about it. If you don't, or aren't, you spend a lot of time trying to pretend you do, or are.

Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

MarkB777

I would think it is generally used when referring to warriors. Your honour represents your status in the warrior fraternity.

Mark Brock Click here to view my blog

MarkB777

I come from a land down under!! :).

Mark Brock Click here to view my blog

Christian Graus

I would expect that's where people are most used to hearing it, yeah.

Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )

_Damian S_

Honour is the opposite to offer... ;-)

------------------------------------------- Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I may not lead; Just bugger off and leave me alone!!

NormDroid

Honor Blackman?[^] :)

www.software-kinetics.co.uk

Wiltek Ghozali

In my country "Honor" is "Salary".... :)

http://www.wiltech-center.com

Lost User

Its used as an excuse for killing people. As in 'honour killing': 'You have defamed my honour and now I must kill you'. Honour killings always have to happen in public. The defamed has to be seen to be defending his honour otherwise it isnt honourable. This bahaviour is common from the islands of the Med, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicilly, to Greece, the Balkans, and through to places like Pakistan, where it is sister who are killed because the smiled at a boy, thus defaming their familly. So basically, honour = ego, image based, head spew that people get really shirty over and makes them do stupid things.

Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

Colin Angus Mackay

Thats what I was thinking too!

Upcoming FREE developer events: * Developer Day Scotland Recent blog posts: * Introduction to LINQ to XML (Part 1) - (Part 2) My website | Blog

NormDroid

Pussy Galore[^] ;)

www.software-kinetics.co.uk

Mycroft Holmes

ok, so I didn't get that at first, I after dismissing Horour Harrington I went with someting like honesty, being honest with yourself, honouring yourself, being the best person you can! The warrior thing didn't get there till I read your post. Mostly I thought of the lack thereof, politicians etc.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

Hans Dietrich

I read a book once called "Next to Honor". The thing that was next turned out to be valor. Maybe your next thread can ask for definitions of that.

Best wishes, Hans

[CodeProject Forum Guidelines] [How To Ask A Question] [My Articles]

Dalek Dave

Ok big fella, Sing the rest of the song! :-D

------------------------------------ No fee too high, no insult to low. Accounts, Quantity Surveying, Web Design, VBA for Excel, C#, Contract Assassinations - Email to Discuss Competitive Terms

Dalek Dave

She offered her Honour. I honoured her Offer. I was Honour and Offer all night! :)

------------------------------------ No fee too high, no insult to low. Accounts, Quantity Surveying, Web Design, VBA for Excel, C#, Contract Assassinations - Email to Discuss Competitive Terms

Lost User

A role model! :cool:

Visit http://www.notreadytogiveup.com/[^] and do something special today.

peterchen

Stand by your principles, even if it is hard on you.

We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
blog: TDD - the Aha! | Linkify!| FoldWithUs! | sighist

Gary Wheeler

I'll take your question seriously. Honor is doing what's right rather than what is expedient or profitable to you. Honor is acting according to your duties and your responsibilities, without regard to the personal cost. Honor means behaving according to a high personal standard, even when that standard differs from the crowd. Honor is all too rare a thing in today's world :sigh:.

Software Zen: delete this;

stevepqr

This would be the Hollywood definition then?

Apathy Rules - I suppose...

Its not the things you fear that come to get you but all the things that you don't expect