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I agree. To me, a hero is someone who willingly puts their life in danger to help someone else.
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I think it's someone who does something that people would generally not want to do in order to selflessly help another person.
Obviously this would have a lot of different degrees to it, and it should have some exceptions built in, but that's my general rule of thumb. |
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This all came about when someone at work found out I was in the Navy, and thanked me; and said something to the effect of "We need more hero's like you" etc.
uhhhh, ok? I'm proud of what I did; proud to serve....but in no way would I ever consider myself a hero Just odd to me that it's used with such regularity. I think it's something to do with the atmoshphere since 9/11 |
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lol. god damn.
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But don't kid yourself. You're not just a hero, you're a superhero. I get a tear in my eye when I see your avatar and my wife is always asking me why I can't be more like Dayze.
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The term "hero" has been thrown about so much that it's lost its impact...which is sad for the true heroes. Kind of like the "participation" trophies kids get nowadays...the kids who deserved the true trophies get that much less recognition. I guess it makes sense though; we have so few true heroes to point to anymore.
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I'm OK with calling active duty service members, who voluntarily sign up to get shot at to defend our country with whatever means they need to, heroes. I would be less enthusiastic about applying the term to a supply clerk or logistics clerk, but as for the front lines, I think it applies.
What bothers me is when it's applied to, for example, athletes. |
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I think the real heroes are the politicians who send the soldiers off to die. That's a hard decision to make.
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I think a hero is someone who gives up their life for a greater cause than themselves. For example, a suicide bomber for the cause of Palestinian liberation.
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