In older, and more civilized times, when men failed as entirely as you have, they would fall down on their swords.”
“Well, I don’t have a sword.”
—The Operative, from Serenity (Joss Whedon)
I would like to annnounce the “Sword for Mr. Blagojevich” campaign — an effort by the Angry Men to provide Mr. Blagojevich with what he so desperately needs. Contributions may be made to the 12 Angry Men, care of Legends (Champaign, IL) where we will use the funds to obtain and send to Mr. Blagojevich a fine katana. We are sure that we will be able to find an operative of the parliament to assist in its use.
The 12 Angry Men Blog 
November 9, 2007 at 2:36 pm
I was hoping there would be one to be had on The Bradford Exchange… alas. However, there’s always this:
http://www.trueswords.com/hitsugaya-sword-inspired-anime-hyourinmaru-zanpakuto-p-2967.html
November 9, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Actually for Mr. Blagojevich you should purchase tanto or possibly a wakasashi; the katana is not used for suicide!
The katana should be provided to Mr. Blagojevich’s assistant – kaishakunin – so that he may strike off Mr. Blagojevich’s head after he has completed the first cut of sepuku.
November 9, 2007 at 3:48 pm
The katana should be provided to Mr. Blagojevich’s assistant – kaishakunin – so that he may strike off Mr. Blagojevich’s head after he has completed the first cut of sepuku.
Ah, but you presume that Blago’s dishonor is not so great that he must perform the full, unflinching version of sepuku…
Can one truly say that this is the case?
November 9, 2007 at 6:26 pm
so, you want him to dishonor himself more by screaming? That’s cool I guess.
November 9, 2007 at 7:47 pm
I’m going to take semi-credit for this suggestion (though I quickly disowned it):
https://12angrymen.wordpress.com/2007/10/19/options-for-illinois/
Scroll down to comment 1, where I proposed option 4.f.
Of course, I had in mind the more Western notion that he’d be left alone in his office with a handgun that had one bullet in it…. Suppuku is, I fear, too honorable.
November 10, 2007 at 11:17 am
Then please purchase him some other blade than a katana 😉 There’s no reason to foul a fine and honorable blade LOL
November 10, 2007 at 1:55 pm
Fantastic plan! Can we get the Operative from Serenity to do as he did in the film?
November 10, 2007 at 8:11 pm
jonolan Says:
###Then please purchase him some other blade than a katana 😉 There’s no reason to foul a fine and honorable blade LOL###
That’s why I was really hoping that the Bradford Exchange would have had a katana. There’s ABSOLUTELY NOTHING honorable about ANYTHING purchased there.
They did have the legend Dragon Axe….
January 7, 2009 at 2:59 am
it’s crazy what Blagojevich has gotten away with already… he’s an international embarrassment
March 3, 2009 at 4:42 am
If it’s falling on swords, the classic Roman blade, a gladius, is the correct one. A wakizashi is used for stomach-cutting seppuku & usually a second would then behead the dishonoured samurai with his katana to spare him extra pain, but *falling* on a sword is a Roman practice. Alternatively a failed Roman leader might be slain by a comrade by a stab through the subclavian route into the heart, again with a gladius. This was the gladiator’s coup de grace.
March 14, 2010 at 4:42 am
Wonderful tips within that post, anime consumes too much of my free time.
March 14, 2010 at 5:12 am
Wonderful insight throughout this write-up, anime takes up a lot of of my personal work-time.