Are you automatically a Hero if you fought in a War?

[the_bob_delusion]

Discuss.

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

That's right..........he was awarded the Alex Cross Medal of Idiocy........

[bright.ton42]

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@softail-joanie wrote:

The most heroic person i can think of was William Rodrigious, a janitor at the world trade center when it collapsed. Not only durring the tragody taking place, but long after, the risks he took in going up against eliments of government and the industral military complex when exposing the truth about how the buildings collapsed. A true hero in so many diffrent ways

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Well now you sucked me in again Joanie.  Here am I expecting to read of the heroic acts this person did and it all leads back to the famous/secret/dreaded/idiotic  Conspiracy Theory.  

[softail-joanie]

Well now you sucked me in again Joanie.  Here am I expecting to read of the heroic acts this person did and it all leads back to the famous/secret/dreaded/idiotic  Conspiracy Theory.  

Well you can take your pick, he pulled people from the collapsing building saving lives coming very close to being killed himself, then later after being intemidated and coersed by the 9/11 commesion to stay quiet about the explosions taking place before the planes hit, put hi life at risk, and that of his family/friends, ect, to expose corruption.

[bright.ton42]

Ok, then he  was indeed a hero risking his life like that to save others. That to me is heroism at its finest.

The rest about exposing corruption I won't even begin to debate.  That would be a thread in itself and it's been done over and over again. 

[imastawka]

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@softail-joanie wrote:

Id say no.. A war can bring out the hero in many people but it's just as likely to bring out bad qualities...    lt depends on cercumstances. a hero to some could be villan to others.

The most heroic person i can think of was William Rodrigious, a janitor at the world trade center when it collapsed. Not only durring the tragody taking place, but long after, the risks he took in going up against eliments of government and the industral military complex when exposing the truth about how the buildings collapsed. A true hero in so many diffrent ways

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I can overlook all the spelling mistakes on this board, but if you consider

someone to be a hero - at least get their name right!

For someone who flits around the internet, to google the guy's name

isn't hard

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rodriguez

[lal-au0]

there is a spell check somewhere as well. i find joanies posts very challenging to read. sometimes takes me minutes to find out what word she meant to write.

[curmu-curmu]

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@the_bob_delusion wrote:

We have to also assume soldiers are not just defending themselves or country. They're train killers.  Some have killed hundreds. Are they heros for what they've done?

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Sorry Bob...someone had to point this out, and since I have broad shoulders, and am such a closet grammar nazi...

So were they train killers, or trained killers?  Maybe the trains deserved it?

[rabbitearbandicoot]

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@the_bob_delusion wrote:

We have to also assume soldiers are not just defending themselves or country. They're trained killers.  Some have killed hundreds. Are they heros for what they've done?

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would you have soldiers be trained in 'knitting' or 'needlework'? 

[curmu-curmu]

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@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:

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would you have soldiers be trained in 'knitting' or 'needlework'? 

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Surrender! Now!.... Or I'll knit you an argyle sweater!

[the_bob_delusion]

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@curmu-curmu wrote:

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@the_bob_delusion wrote:

We have to also assume soldiers are not just defending themselves or country. They're train killers.  Some have killed hundreds. Are they heros for what they've done?

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Sorry Bob...someone had to point this out, and since I have broad shoulders, and am such a closet grammar nazi...

So were they train killers, or trained killers?  Maybe the trains deserved it?

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I presume everyone knew what I was talking about right. So what's the point of pointing it out? I admit, I don't bother to proof-read what I write because I don't care. So if I don't care, why should you?