Thursday, August 20, 2009
Something that really bothers me
Do you know what just absolutely drives me insane? The word "hero." I am so tired of this word, that if I hear it again, I just might do something that could result in somebody else having to become a hero to save somebody else. Everybody is a hero. Do people know what a hero is? A plain will crash into the hudson river and people that survived will be called hero's. What?! Are you freaking kidding me?! Those people are victims, not hero's. They didn't do anything heroic. They crashed in their plane! Give me a break. And don't even get me started on fire fighters. It's a highly unpopular opinion, but these dudes are not hero's either. They get paid to do a job they signed themselves up to do. Brave, Yes. Courageous, Yes. Hero, butt freaking no. How? They are getting paid to their job! Now if somebody is just walking down the street and there is a house on fire and there is somebody inside, and this person runs into the burning building and saves everybody inside, and they had no formal training or equipment. Stupid, yeah probably. But hero? Yes. That person is a hero. Not somebody who crashed or somebody getting paid or somebody whose child won the spelling bee. Give me a break.
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3 comments:
Homer: That Timmy is a real hero!
Lisa: How do you mean, Dad?
Homer: Well, he fell down a well, and...he can't get out.
Lisa: How does that make him a hero?
Homer: Well, that's more than you did!
Is it a blessing or a curse that everything I hear reminds me of a Simpsons episode?
Nic, it is both a blessing and a curse.
I think maybe I will have a hot date tonight. Would that make me a hero? A hero for single men everywhere! Now make me a statue!
Justin, you are my hero.
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