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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 07:47 AM Original message |
When did we forget what the word "Hero" means? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. I disagree. I think in the case of that doc, the word is heroic |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 07:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I don't know, I just don't see it. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. There are worse things to gripe about. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I'm not griping |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 07:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I would say charitable or generous. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. A doctor charging 5 bucks only goes WAAAY beyond just "nice guy." |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. Oh, long ago. I remember joking about this with my first room-mate back in the 90s. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. haha |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. We had no TV in the house and only a VCR with a tape of pretty woman and some pornographic movies. |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
7. When they started applying it to sports. |
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Zephie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
10. he·ro [heer-oh] (dictionary.com) |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Well said. :) |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:03 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. I followed you over here from that other thread. |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
11. yeah, I hate that word being tossed about lightly, too |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
14. Real answer: when we stopped applying it to demigods and mere mortals got the name. |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
15. Considering the health care system you know, I can see how you might not understand the heroism |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
16. Until we have our Tommy Douglas, this small town doctor is a hero. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
18. Usually you have better posts than this |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Really? You sure you're reading MY posts? |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Yes |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Ah! |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
19. For anyone who wants to read the original article, here ya go: |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
20. I can see why someone with access to universal HC would feel jaded |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
21. Pretty heroic to me. |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
22. also considering he's exposing himself to retaliation from insurance companies |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
26. Around the same time george w. moron* was called a "hero" after 9/11. nt |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
27. Nice post, Snidely Whiplash. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
28. Getting people healthcare can be heroic. I do agree "hero" is misused too often though |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
29. Yes the word Hero is grossly overused |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
30. Yes, that doctor is a hero. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
31. A hero is someone who does something dangerous to self to save others |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
32. about 8 or 9 thousand years ago! |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
33. it needs to be used more |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-10 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
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