tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875411665185029467.post7497165249207967723..comments2023-09-27T03:44:30.317-04:00Comments on Yooper Has Left Crackerland: Use of the Word HeroKulkurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198195648066700925noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875411665185029467.post-45798158051000659202012-05-31T09:45:55.532-04:002012-05-31T09:45:55.532-04:00By making soldiers heroes you make Dresden and Fal...By making soldiers heroes you make Dresden and Fallujah bold heroic ventures.<br /><br />Vonnegut is broiling extra hard in hell over this...Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875411665185029467.post-32753368547802471042012-05-31T07:21:02.570-04:002012-05-31T07:21:02.570-04:00See also MoJo http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-dru...See also MoJo http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/05/chris-hayes-heroes<br /><br /><br />In transforming our soldiers or police automatically into "heroes" we ignore the atrocities our own side commits. In doing so we also ignore the real moments of heroism. We give a free pass to anyone with a uniform and a gun regardless of their individual merit, and lend unwitting support to every war, from Iraq and Afghanistan to the War on Drugs, in the process.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875411665185029467.post-19602203314824196222012-05-31T07:17:39.196-04:002012-05-31T07:17:39.196-04:00The commentator has apparently apologized.
http://...The commentator has apparently apologized.<br />http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/msnbc_host_hayes_apologizes_for_controversial_heroes_comment_20120528/?lnThe Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875411665185029467.post-39769528547338439232012-05-31T04:20:23.054-04:002012-05-31T04:20:23.054-04:00Soldiers are being used in every way possible. To ...Soldiers are being used in every way possible. To fight the rich man's wars and to drum up support to continue fighting them. All at taxpayers' expense.<br />Yet, in a sense, anyone who puts his life on the line, in the official line of duty, whether justly or unjustly, needs to be recognized as more than someone "just doing a job".<br />My friend's dad crossed the beach at Dieppe four times under fire, the second two times to go back and rescue his wounded sergeant. To him that was "just doing his job" as thousands of others do it in wartime. Was he a hero?The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875411665185029467.post-88643888606412478062012-05-30T16:39:18.636-04:002012-05-30T16:39:18.636-04:00Kulkuri,
58,200 GIs died in the "Nam". W...Kulkuri,<br />58,200 GIs died in the "Nam". Were they all heroes? Of course not. Patriots? Unlikely.<br />People caught up in a impossibile situation that cost them their lives? More likely.<br />BobbY Kewlowe stepped on a mine in Quang Tri Province in Vietnam and suffered what the medical records called "multiple traumatic amputation". What that amounted to was both legs and part of a arm.<br />Was Bobby a hero? No, just like you another GI doing his duty under more difficult conditions.<br /><br />I retired in 1988 - I am no hero. <br />But, I did my job and I did it quite well.<br /><br />SargeSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892211119418623595noreply@blogger.com