outofstep80 wrote:Dingus Milktoast wrote:tonyo wrote:In my mind, "hero" is reserved for someone who's done something brave for someone else. A person who follows their dream and does something great or brave for themselves is not a hero. Shackleton was a hero. Hillary was a hero, but not for climbing Everest; he was a hero for what he did humanitarian-wise in Nepal. Many people reading this have done a lot more that's heroic than sailing solo around the world (not to diminish what this young lady is doing, by any means) or climbing Everest. I think we need to start saving the title "hero" for those who really deserve it.
This is the modern definition of hero - selfless sacrifice.
That is not the classical Greek definition. The classic Greek Hero, Hercules, did what he did for himself. Most of the Greek heros were bastards, face it. But they did great things.
Weird how time changes perspective that way.
DMT
Yeah, sometimes these things change for the best. I'm glad we have evolved past the point of having sex with young boys...at least the majority of us have.
Yeah, along with raping and pillaging . . .