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Re:'Viking' was a job description, not a matter of heredity:... by scottyah on Monday February 23, 2026 @02:59PM (#47127881)
Ninjas, samurai, Native Americans in war paint, etc. It's like every culture (that has survived) has reverence for their own group.
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Re:'Viking' was a job description, not a matter of heredity:... by philwelch on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @07:10PM (#47160000)
The samurai didn’t survive the Satsuma Rebellion but they were admired and respected even by many of the people who fought against them in the following decades. You don’t even have to be Japanese to think samurai are cool, they just are, even if, in practice, you wouldn’t want to actually live in a society with them.
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