I don't get this one, the comment in an essay about a black belt oath. I can only guess that this is some western concept that embellishes what a training facility is teaching, practicing and preaching to its practitioner.
This kind of misuse of communications tends to send the "wrong message." The belt I have is not something that warrants my endangering my life over, it is just a combination of materials in a shape and color that symbolize something about my system and my proficiency within that system. It is not some symbolic item that warrants dying over for the sake of honor.
How can a person "dishonor" some inanimate object. There is literally noting inanimate that I would put before my life and the life of my clan, tribe or societal connections. Isn't this a bit misguiding to a fledgling novice practitioner?
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