Honor

Wiltek Ghozali

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

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.

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Colin Angus Mackay

Thats what I was thinking too!

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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.

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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.

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Dalek Dave

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

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Dalek Dave

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

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A role model! :cool:

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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:.

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stevepqr

This would be the Hollywood definition then?

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leckey 0

To me it is showing respect, and through that respect to give the utmost care for that person or item. I honor the US military. When I see someone in uniform or know they are soldiers I always give my thanks. I honor my late parents by making sure I remember them, and take care of my father's grave (mother was cremated). I honor my G-d by trying to follow his words.

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Tad McClellan

This behoviour is abhorrent to most of us I agree. Honor is always a function of culture. Sometimes it fly's in the face of religion and law. Killing someone may not be honorable to us but it is in some parts of the world. Suicide bombers for example are held in high honor by the people around them despite the fact that the law and the Koran speak against killing. Cetainly this type of honor is not in my value system and not in yours. Honor is the perception of you to others with whom share your values.

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Tad McClellan

So how does that differ from character?

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David Crow

Tad McClellan wrote:

Who can tell me what the word honor means to them?

Integrity.

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Bert delaVega

Honor is pride in what you've done/do regardless of what others perceptions or opinions are.

MarkB777

The english language is all about perception. That's how I percieve the word, but many others may think different. To me, honour has a very similar meaning to karma.

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Aww now look...you've got me in the mood to sing Aussie anthems!! !! "Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda" "You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me" And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled, "You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me". !! :)

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Dalek Dave

It is about a man shagging his blanket! No, Really, a Matilda was a kind of blanket/sleeping bag. How strange for a nation to have that as a national song of identity? :)

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