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Skybird · 10-17-09, 11:04 AM

techncially, heroism means that a person voluntarily and by choice is leaving a situation of comfort and security, to enter a situation of uncertainity and great risk for health and life, to save the virgin from the dragon or to find a remedy for the disease of the poor blacksmith's youngest son. Or to find truth, the holy grail or honour. Sometimes heroes can be fools at the same time, and not knowing it.

that makes those people entering the burning house to save the children heroes, for they had the choice to enter or not enter a situation of great risk for themselves. that makes thos epeople nursing the cat warm-hearted people, but no heroes at all.

Is a soldier in battle a hero when following orders to attack? He is not in that he obeys the order to advance into the fire - it's not his choice, but obligation, and the fullfilling of your duty miust not be thanked for, becasue it is a duty indeed. But he may become heroic by the way and style in which he decides to meet his fate when executing that order, no matter whether he survives it or not.

The term is too much used, because every Peter and every Paul claims the right to be seen as something special - sorry, something VERY special - today, and if not every Peter and Paul is given that status of being a hero and a very special individual (as special as all the other individuals there are: so much for individuality!), he files a complaint for being discriminated. We are ALL heroes, aren't we? but if we all are hearoes, then there is no hero at all anymore, because the hero is the one leaving the normal context behind, who steps beyond the boundary of being just normal and ordinary, and accepts extraordinary danger and risk to achieve something that is rare and by that: precious, if not for others than at least for himself. The hero is the true, the real individual who does not care for what others think of his decision. He does it, without regret, and he exchanges normality, acceptance and security for doing the extraordinary, violating the consensus, challenging risk and danger.

that's what makes a hero, and he cannot do any different than that. And right that is what makes him a hero. We others babbling about euqality and how very much the same we all are - are imposters at best. and we impertinently try to benefit from a reputation that is not ours and that we have not earned.

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	techncially, heroism means that a person voluntarily and by choice is leaving a situation of comfort and security, to enter a situation of uncertainity and great risk for health and life, to save the virgin from the dragon or to find a remedy for the disease of the poor blacksmith's youngest son. Or to find truth, the holy grail or honour. Sometimes heroes can be fools at the same time, and not knowing it. that makes those people entering the burning house to save the children heroes, for they had the choice to enter or not enter a situation of great risk for themselves. that makes thos epeople nursing the cat warm-hearted people, but no heroes at all. Is a soldier in battle a hero when following orders to attack? He is not in that he obeys the order to advance into the fire - it's not his choice, but obligation, and the fullfilling of your duty miust not be thanked for, becasue it is a duty indeed. But he may become heroic by the way and style in which he decides to meet his fate when executing that order, no matter whether he survives it or not. The term is too much used, because every Peter and every Paul claims the right to be seen as something special - sorry, something VERY special - today, and if not every Peter and Paul is given that status of being a hero and a very special individual (as special as all the other individuals there are: so much for individuality!), he files a complaint for being discriminated. We are ALL heroes, aren't we? but if we all are hearoes, then there is no hero at all anymore, because the hero is the one leaving the normal context behind, who steps beyond the boundary of being just normal and ordinary, and accepts extraordinary danger and risk to achieve something that is rare and by that: precious, if not for others than at least for himself. The hero is the true, the real individual who does not care for what others think of his decision. He does it, without regret, and he exchanges normality, acceptance and security for doing the extraordinary, violating the consensus, challenging risk and danger. that's what makes a hero, and he cannot do any different than that. And right that is what makes him a hero. We others babbling about euqality and how very much the same we all are - are imposters at best. and we impertinently try to benefit from a reputation that is not ours and that we have not earned. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.