hindu's before westernization taught noble's howto ... the futher the head traveled was a mark of the honor granted to the man ... the Japanese for centuries taught honor was to be revered over all and taught su as a way to keep it when life failed you ... chinese buried entire royal houses together when the emperior died ... they may have been executed don't know .. but either way was a great honor ... the ancient greeks perfered death to surrender if they failed in battle ... druids it is reputed perfered death to becoming a slave ... ancient cultures from sumer to the inca's believed sheding your blood in the service of worship to god and or country was the highest honor ... sometimes reserved for kings ... to sacrfice themselves ... saints confessing christianity in the first 4 centuries ad were ofter marytered ... but they committed su ... exzactually the same as su by police happens today ... another may do the dirty work ... but the decision was yours ...

I hope you or no one else decides too ... but the history of mankind is dark and long .... many things have occured over the years ... including changes of society norms ...