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May 21st, 2007, 02:01 AM
I believe the Victoria Cross or the Congressional Medal of Honour settled this discussion before it started. Heroism should be left to itself. Everyday acts of common human decency are just that, nothing more, nothing less. Too many things in our society have been downgraded to the point where they have become attainable by the undeserving. I served 10 years in the military, and never received a medal for bravery, that seems fair to me, because I didn't earn it. Why not leave some things as they were.
I believe the Victoria Cross or the Congressional Medal of Honour settled this discussion before it started. Heroism should be left to itself. Everyday acts of common human decency are just that, nothing more, nothing less. Too many things in our society have been downgraded to the point where they have become attainable by the undeserving. I served 10 years in the military, and never received a medal for bravery, that seems fair to me, because I didn't earn it. Why not leave some things as they were.
Mighty Intellect
Posts: 1,535 
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Location: Calgary, Alberta
May 21st, 2007, 09:23 AM
Pangloss
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Again, yes.
I believe the Victoria Cross or the Congressional Medal of Honour settled this discussion before it started. Heroism should be left to itself. Everyday acts of common human decency are just that, nothing more, nothing less. Too many things in our society have been downgraded to the point where they have become attainable by the undeserving. I served 10 years in the military, and never received a medal for bravery, that seems fair to me, because I didn't earn it. Why not leave some things as they were.
Pangloss
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Posts: 6,445
May 21st, 2007, 09:33 AM
Heros change in my lifeview because our lives change along with those who gain that status...
Right now my definition are the young guys eighteen and older who spent time in rehab with my nephew who returned from Iraq missing some of his body.
The rehab center in SFO (this was after he transferred from Walter Reid) is like an alien planet movie with all kinds of contraptions replacing what we hardly ever think of as our functioning physical selves... acknowledging their presence perhaps when we shower or get an itch.... not high on our list of 'thinks' during a day.....
The dark circles under the eyes, pale faces, weight loss, arm and leg loss and much more invisible loss being coped with.... shaven heads, some teeth missing in a few who try to conceal it.... but the smiles were available when they saw visitors and people to relieve the boredom of the endless days....
The day one guy - Ron - finally dealt a pack of cards with his new 'arm' and 'hand'.
Their lives forever changed..... why? Because they chose. These are my heros.
Maybe in the future I'll find other heros doing other things for all of us.
I hope the days of the fallen warriors will soon be in our past.
Heros change in my lifeview because our lives change along with those who gain that status...
Right now my definition are the young guys eighteen and older who spent time in rehab with my nephew who returned from Iraq missing some of his body.
The rehab center in SFO (this was after he transferred from Walter Reid) is like an alien planet movie with all kinds of contraptions replacing what we hardly ever think of as our functioning physical selves... acknowledging their presence perhaps when we shower or get an itch.... not high on our list of 'thinks' during a day.....
The dark circles under the eyes, pale faces, weight loss, arm and leg loss and much more invisible loss being coped with.... shaven heads, some teeth missing in a few who try to conceal it.... but the smiles were available when they saw visitors and people to relieve the boredom of the endless days....
The day one guy - Ron - finally dealt a pack of cards with his new 'arm' and 'hand'.
Their lives forever changed..... why? Because they chose. These are my heros.
Maybe in the future I'll find other heros doing other things for all of us.
I hope the days of the fallen warriors will soon be in our past.
