Is your good name more important than who you are?

An awful lot of people protect their name very strongly. It’s as if their name is more important than who they are. They might fight to the death to protect their honor.

This extends to objects as well. Some religious people will fight to protect the honor of their holy documents. In some countries, it is illegal to besmirch the name of the country or of its leaders and so on. You can go to jail or even be put to death if you dishonor these things.

How far would you go to protect the honor of your name? How important is your reputation? Would you die rather than see your name or the name of someone or something you love dragged through the mud? Do you defend (but not to the death) yourself against every sleight, no matter how small? Do you not sweat the small stuff? Do you figure that fighting is really not worth it, even if you are wrongly accused. You’ll just let it go, and start over? Why do you think you behave this way?