The whole thing seems really stupid to me. But i guess that's simply because i'm an 'outsider' as it were.

Samurai's would commit suicide in order to make amends to their sense of honour. This is half-way there, in the fact they go to exteme lengths for honour, it's just unfortunate it's to 'someone else' rather than themselves. But then, if they did have the same ritual as the Japanese Samurai, would it still seem as bad if it's the daughters commit suicide, instead of their father killing them just for honour?

People do things that seem pretty strange to me over such a thing as honour. It's not really something i ever really understood, about taking life for the sake of honour. But this is the way cultures go i guess. You can't change a civilization by complaining about it, unless you happen to rule the country or a country who is highly respected by the country with the problem. Also, you shouldn't make judgements simply because of the bad stuff that is involved in their culteral rights. I think the only people who have the right to make such judgements on the whole thing, and if it is ok or not, should be the people who are born with that tradition. (The Turks).

We can observe, comment, and state our disagreements i guess. But we shouldn't insult, suggest they deserve death/life imprisonment, or make a general comment on the whole country (Stereotypical views), just because their culter differs so greatly from our own.

I agree, i don't like the whole thing either. I think it's totally wrong in my view and it should be stopped. But i don't know the full story on their reasons, and i believe that you should respect culteral differences regardless of what it is and no matter how much you dislike them. You can't have everything in life the way you want it =/