The term" Hero" being used incorrectly.

[Frank_N_Stein]

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[Expat]

I agree. I've heard those drone pilots get the same combat action accolades that the guys with boots on the ground get.

I saw that Chuckie Hagel was dumping that... Apparently he thought that was dumb.

 

[Liberty1911]

Completely agree. Another consequence of the 1990's self esteem movement.

 

[BE Mike]

I really hate posers who take on the persona of a true hero, like Audie Murphy!

 

[Mackey]

I think my rant will get a few people butt hurt but here it goes.
I think the term "Hero", now a days, is being used to loosely. Back in my day, that term was used for people who had performed actions that most people would not do. Like carrying a wounded comrade miles so that he can be evacuated safely, leading an assault charge against an overwhelming force. Just because someone survives a tragedy doesn't make them a hero.

The same thing has been done with the word "Miracle"

 

[Effingham]

I agree with the OP.

I think too many (especially in the media, and the bleeding-heart crowd) conflate "victim" and "hero" -- to the detriment of both.

 

[cbseniour]

To your kid you're a hero, to the neighbor not so much. The term hero has always been somewhat open to interpretation. To those of us who came back from war the heros are the one's who didn't get to come back but to many who stayed here we are all heros.
The term is over used in our over hyped society but nearly as much as 'Shocking' Urgent" "life changing" and OMG.

 

[DRob]

What we have is a failure to communicate

Glorification, exaggeration, villification, and prevarication are all used by the media in their over-the-top efforts to sell ink and air time. Others, some internet posters for example, use similar tactics with a generous sprinkling of crudeness and bile in an effort to compensate for their lack of grammatical skills and an inability to communicate in a mature, intelligent manner.

WTF?

 

[stephen87]

Agreed to an extent. For me, someone who willingly puts their life on the line day in and day out are heroes as well. LEOs and firefighters to me are heroes because of the dangerous jobs they do and the lack of self importance they exhibit to do the job they do. My cousin was just deployed for the third time, my dad was in the military for 25 years and would regularly work 2-3 jobs so that our family could live comfortably, another one of my cousins was killed over in Afghanistan a few years ago. Those people may not fit other people's definition of a hero, but they are heroes in my life.

 

[cooltools]

" Each man is a hero and oracle to somebody " Emerson

 

[BE Mike]

" Each man is a hero and oracle to somebody " Emerson

There are actually some men who don't measure up to the stuff you scrape off the bottom of your shoe.

 

[Sarge470]

When I was a kid, some of us in our neighborhood would start playing "superheroes" and began picking characters (Batman, Superman, etc.) to assume, and one of us would stop the debate cold with "Yeah, well. I'M (insert name here)!" If that was a real person that we knew, it was just a given that the individual was a hero to us, no matter what the rest of the world thought...it was generally someone we wanted to emulate, for obvious reasons.

 

[steve666]

Crapgame: Hey, Oddball, this is your hour of glory. And you're chickening out!
Oddball: To a New Yorker like you, a hero is some type of weird sandwich, not some nut who takes on three Tigers.
Kelly: Nobody's asking you to be a hero.

 

[LarryC]

I am an old man now, but I was taught and believe a HERO, is someone that knowingly puts their own life in jeopardy to preform a deed that really help others (saving their life, preventing injury etc.). To say someone is a hero for doing their job, or rescuing someone without danger to their own life and limb is not truthful. Not to say they are not good citizens and very nice, good/great people, but certainly not a "Hero". It requires bravery to be a Hero, many times that is forgotten.

 

[bakeman]

All this talk about heros made me think of a sermon i once heard. basically it is summed up like this: There are alot of people that we would consider to be a hero. But there is one man who is clearly a level above anyone who has ever been called a hero. His name is Jesus Christ. He left paridise, came to live on this earth for 33 years, gave his life in a very brutal and painful manner, so that all of us can can be forgiven of our sins and have everlasting life. And in doing so, he knew that the majority of the people he died for would hate him, and turn down his gift. But he did it anyway. That my friends, is a true hero.

 

[iChokePeople]

All this talk about heros made me think of a sermon i once heard. basically it is summed up like this: There are alot of people that we would consider to be a hero. But there is one man who is clearly a level above anyone who has ever been called a hero. His name is Jesus Christ. He left paridise, came to live on this earth for 33 years, gave his life in a very brutal and painful manner, so that all of us can can be forgiven of our sins and have everlasting life. And in doing so, he knew that the majority of the people he died for would hate him, and turn down his gift. But he did it anyway. That my friends, is a true hero.