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Originally Posted by Mortis
I guess the only offense I took was the wording you chose, "there are a few that are well deserving of that belief. ..."
I took it as negative, but that's is your opinion, I don't fault that at all, I was just pointing out my opinion.
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In today’s world of Guitar Hero, etc, I tend to simmer when I hear how everyone’s third cousin, twice removed is a "hero".
As a small boy in the '50s I knew people who landed in Normandy and on the Japanese held islands of WWII. People who ran
towards land mines, machine guns, and mortars. I watched on TV as Fire, Police, & EMT's ran into the World Trade Center buildings. These are heroes.
I was in the Air Force. Does that make me a hero? Hell no. People become solders, policemen, fireman, etc. because they choose to. It can be hard, nasty,and sometimes sad work. But it doesn't make them better people just for choosing that kind of work. They become heroes when they knowingly do something that may very well kill them.
The word, hero, is so badly used as to be pointless. My teacher is my hero. My coach is my hero. Number 22 on the DoDa football team is my hero. Give me a break.
I've worked in a very large hospital and have helped people live by performing CPR on them.
Along with many others in the ER. Am I a hero? No. I did my job as best as I could. I was more proud of the fact that I
taught CPR in that hospital than I was of actually doing the CPR.
In other areas, I may have pride in some of the things I've done. But that's not the same as being "heroic".