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Jigs

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6. I've seen them and call myself a friend of many...

Mon May 28, 2012, 12:38 AM

May 2012

This is all well and good (and I understand where you are coming from)... But let us not trivialize the individual's simply because it may be a war that you feel is wrong. At the end of the day these folks do things most of us would piss our pants even thinking about. Even in unpopular wars there are still heros... Men and women who do uncommon things under the most horrible situations that most of us could never understand.

So YES let us not throw the word around like candy... But let us also not disregard it because of something they had no control over.

Jigs

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What is a hero? [View all] cynatnite May 2012 OP

i agree marasinghe May 2012 #1

Agreed... WillParkinson May 2012 #2

Hero is a word that's greatly over used in my opinion. Much like the tag "Diva" amerikat May 2012 #3

Call me a day late (and always a dollar short), here's one that sez' what you've said so well: sad sally May 2012 #18

Thanks Sad Sally. amerikat May 2012 #19

A hero is a Mom/Dad who rushes into traffic to save another's child SoCalDem May 2012 #4

aint nothin but a sandwich. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #5

I've seen them and call myself a friend of many... Jigs May 2012 #6

I view a hero as anyone who puts their life at risk in order to save another... cynatnite May 2012 #10

Exactly Jigs May 2012 #11

I am starting to think that anyone that can make it through a day in our society without flipping Safetykitten May 2012 #7

Labelling everyone who wears a uniform a "hero" is, I think, a mark of Marr May 2012 #8

Real heroes madamesilverspurs May 2012 #9

1) a phrase used by chicken-hawks; 2) a person who does the right thing regardless of personal risk AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #12

A hero is one who dinopipie May 2012 #13

the RW blogs are going crazy with this Enrique May 2012 #14

I agree with Chris... greytdemocrat May 2012 #15

My problem is that everybody uses "Hero", even us on the left side LovePlanters May 2012 #16

I can't count how many pro sports players get called heroes... cynatnite May 2012 #17