A topic from AEG's L5R CCG Rules forum, copied for Oracle of the Void from a copy of the forum saved in October 2015, so pages it didn't save are missing. Players' names are left out; the rules officials are named. Rulings are as they stood on these dates; later rulings, the rulebooks and the Rules Archive may differ.
A player, 16 April 2009
Political Limited: Target an Honorable Samurai or Courtier Personality you control and another player. Give control of the Personality to that player. Gain Honor equal to the target's Chi.
Giving control of the personality is an effect, not a cost. Can you therefore target a loyal personality with this card, so the personality does not change controllers, but you still gain the honor?
Dan Jacobson (rules official), 16 April 2009
Political Limited: Target an Honorable Samurai or Courtier Personality you control and another player. Give control of the Personality to that player. Gain Honor equal to the target's Chi.
Giving control of the personality is an effect, not a cost. Can you therefore target a loyal personality with this card, so the personality does not change controllers, but you still gain the honor?
Yes.
It was used a lot with Togashi Satsu exp4....stupid free 7 honor