Define ~Hero~

[Tin_Heart]

I couldn't find an old topic to druge up that I felt I could add anything to, so in a horrible fit of backbone I decided on a bold aproch... making my own.

Ok... this is my first thread. Please don't kill me.

Please?

I don't know the specifics about going about opening a thread. If I get anything worng, do point it out and I'll change it, I promise.

So, here goes nothing...

The Grecian ideal of a hero was someone who stayed true to themselves. Themselves not always being very nice people, many of the grecian hero's would not be what we consider hero's today.

So I ask you, what is a hero? And does the Grecian definition have any truth/relevance?

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Tin Heart

"Then, like a child, I closed my eyes, that I might not see the darkness..."

-JV

[monster of the new wave]

i think a hero is a person who does something which earns the respect of another person.

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*if i follow you home, will you keep me?*

[zelazny]

Hmmm. good point, the heroes nowadays _need_ to be these good people..

altruism is just forced on them and i doubt they're able to live a life that they like...


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[zelazny]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>
it means so much to be true to one's self.
i think the grecian ideal is much harder to be than anything we can remotely relate to the word 'hero'.
it deserves to be the defining mark of 'heroism'.
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I have the idea that 'modern' society has absolutely no place for grecian ideal heroes.
sigh, they might be very interesting people allthough i think they'll quickly get bored with me and tell me to sod off.

don't worry shat, i won't go throwing rocks, in kant's case i'll go throwing clocks instead

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Sure the universe is a great place, but if it wasn't here, no-one would miss it.

[SHATOUSHKA]

wow! i completely missed this topic.
i wonder how that happened.

i completely agree with the grecian ideal.
of course, i hardly doubt that anyone knows themselves much less are able to be true to themselves.

it means so much to be true to one's self.
i think the grecian ideal is much harder to be than anything we can remotely relate to the word 'hero'.
it deserves to be the defining mark of 'heroism'.

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[SHATOUSHKA]

and upon further reflection (in the time it took to post the last post),
i suppose hypocrisy is what makes one fail to be a hero.
zela has a point in saying we presuppose altrusim when thinking of heroes.

i dunno.
i guess my hero is immanuel kant.

(no stone throwing, fellas.)

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[SHATOUSHKA]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>don't worry shat, i won't go throwing rocks, in kant's case i'll go throwing clocks instead.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

find another cop-out, wussy.
(at very least, something original.)
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!!



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