>Is it just me, or is committing public seppuku like this really necessary? I suppose he felt this 'public seppuku' was necessary because a) he was called out

>Is it just me, or is committing public seppuku like this really necessary? I suppose he felt this 'public seppuku' was necessary because a) he was called out by name in the NY Times article and b) he wanted to put it on record that the woman he hit on wasn't rejected from his company for rejecting him. I suspect (b) is the true motive, and without a certain level of self-flagellation it wouldn't be socially acceptable to state that fact.