In Your Opinion, What Defines A Hero??? (see details)??

Question

Kerilynn pointed out to me in her answer to my last question that her son is in Iraq, alongside countless other brave men and women, fighting for a cause they believe in.

My apologies to Kerilynn and any other person whom I may have offended by my oversight. I pointed out one example of heroism, and neglected to honor those who put their own lives at stake to protect our freedoms.

My thanks to the servicemen and women, and to the bravery displayed by their families. May your loved ones return home to you safely.

So, who is your hero, and what can you tell me about him/her??

Elaborate if you will. Thank you.

angel_ann...actually, our insights are not all that different. I merely pointed out one example. There are many heroes among us.Today, I pay tribute to our servicemen. Tomorrow, it will be someone else.

Kerilynn....Thank You so much for telling us about your son. He is a hero indeed. May he come home to you soon.

Answer 1

MY hero is my son Kevin, he's in the Air Force, and this is his 4th tour of duty over sea's...he has a wife, 2 girls 8 1/2, 5 and a
son Kevin Jr. 2...When I found out he had to go back over there,
I was really mad, mad at the war, mad at my son for staying in the service for 15 years & having a family, and the biggest one of all, GOD...seems to me I even yelled at God...I was so frustrated,
mostly because "I" couldn't do anything about.it ..Your suppost to protect your children right?, How can you when they are thousands of miles from home...
After being mad at everyone, I talked to my son...it seems he has become the parent, and me "the child"...his passion for what he was doing really moved me and I understood him and the war...
Can't tell you what he said, but he made me understand what "HE" was all about....His wife was much more understand- ing than me for a while....Now I'm right where I should be,
supporting my son, and all the other soliders...When one of the Troopes is killed I greeve with them...and their families....because they believe like my son does.. its what they "have" to.do,..I even made up with God, and I know its him that is watching over my son, for me
and his family...I display a flag proudly in my window...and a yellow ribbon around the oak tree for him until the day he returns
and he will return, of that I'm sure...THAT'S MY HERO...

Answer 2

Last year a couple of us oldsters were discussing this issue. I'm not here to tell you that "our war was more war than their war," re Iraq, but some of us have noticed a rhetorical trend that is at best humorous, but actually sad.

It seems that since 9/11 we've all wanted to ennoble whoever did his job with the label of "hero." If a person fights fires, or arrests hoodlums, they're called a "hero." Even people killed by terrorists are called "heroes."

Right up front let's get this straight, fighting battles doesn't make you a "hero." As we used to say, lahddy, dahddy, and everybody will fight; especially if your butt depends on it. When we fought we were doing our jobs, end of story. And yes, there were heroes on the battlefield, but for Chrissakes, it wasn't EVERYBODY! There was the fellow officer who called an artillery barrage on his own position to stop the enemy from advancing, the men who jump on a granade to protect their comrades, the ones who charge the enemy position, and on, and on. Yes, there are heroes. They are those men and women who perform their duties under hostile conditions when the odds are so totally against them that death is indeed the likely result.

My favorite hero was a medic called, and there's some fuc*ing irony in this, Santos (Saint in Spanish). He never carried a weapon, and he never took cover if anyone was wounded. He would always assist and retrieve the wounded regardless of the situation. And he cried the whole time he was doing his job! We always said that a vasectomy on him would take 4 days to perform. If you were wondering, he did survive the war.

My point? That it's more than just doing a dangerous job and we shouldn't reduce or cheapen its meaning. Indeed let's be grateful to the folks in the armed forces. I'm sure a lot of them ARE heroes. And I'm sure most are guys like me who do their jobs as best they can.

Answer 3

I have a lot of heros. Military men and women are very much at the top. Then Farmers, ranchers and other agricultrualists who basically work their butts off to feed America and don't get much respect or assistance in return. Christians who step out of their comfort zones to spread the Good word, these are truly living the life set out in the book. Policemen, fire and rescue. Men and women who work their entire lives in some low paying low respect job just to get their family through. My father, who became disabled because said lower paying job destroyed his lungs. My mother, who stepped up to the plate after daddy's illness and got a degree at night school so we could have a better life. Missionaries who leave their home and families to go out into the world to face adversity and possible death all for the love of Christ. Christians in closed countries who practice their beliefs under threat of death and torture. They continue to evangelize even though they can be put to death for such acts. Those are my heroes. They deserve the best because they give their best.

Answer 4

You don't have to die for ur country or for someone to be a hero.. Anyone can be a hero even a child in his/her own little way.. A hero/heroine is someone who not only saves u from any danger but someone who makes u a better person, someone who can criticize without hurting, compliment without flattering.. A friend can be a hero by giving you her/his best opinion and advice..

I must admit that we have different insights regarding heroes and i must respect it.. but instead of going to war to fight for ur rights and country and give ur own life, i will rather appreciate that one will be a hero/heroine while he/she is still alive because when u die, ur heroism stops there.. u will be remembered yes.. but u can do anything more.. Heroism is not only losing ur own lives and losing ur opponents' lives.. there's no good in taking one's life..

Answer 5

the heros of our time is the men and women in the military. they are putting their life on the line for us every day while we live in the comfort of our homes and eat three good meals per day. they never know if they are going to have another day to live from one day to the next. and to think they described O.J.Simpson as a hero. how in the hell can you clasify o.j.simpson as a hero knowing what our militar men and women are doing for you right at this moment? a hero is not someone who gets 5 million dollars a year for playing sports. its the people who give their lives so we can have freedom and enjoy life. these people do al this for us and they are paid very little. i know because i retired from the military after 22 years. the day i went to work after retiring i was hired by anhiser bush and i was one step abouve the janitor. i made twice what i was making in the military after 22 years. nuf said and i hope none of you ever again call a spoiled athelete a hero

Answer 6

my mother.
-she's lived in extreme poverty
-has been working ever since she was a child (my grandma would make her sell food on the streets so she could help bring money to the family)
-she came from another country to the US (her country was at war and she didn't speak a word of english)
-she had me though i was the product of a rape that happened when she was 18.
-she married a man who turned out to be abusive, cheater, manipulative, robber, drug addict, drunk, rapist, murderer
-she stayed in this marriage for 14 years regardless of of the abuses this man inflicted on her (she did it because she want us to be a family)
-she finally had the strength to leave this man and move on with her daughters
-she is still struggling but remains optimistic about the future.
-she gives me hope. if this one lady can go through all this (and other things i decided not to include because it's too personal) then i can do anything. If it wasn't for her, i would have been dead years ago. . i want her to have the life she truly deserves. this woman has gone through hell and she deserves better, she deserves the best. i'm so proud of her. she's my reason for living, my inspiration. i love her to death.

Answer 7

My mom is my hero she does really hard work trying to keep us alive. She has been a single mother for years and is holding up great and still going forward. I worry about her but she says that as long as I can move I will take care of family. I wish to have her strength one day.

Answer 8

A hero is one who denies himself, and/or freely puts everything he is and everything he has, at risk for the benefit of others.

Jesus is the ultimate hero, but so are all those who sincerely try to imitate him, whether or not they are actually successful in doing so.

A short list, in no particular order:

Martin Luther King Jr.

Mother Teresa

Raoul Wallenberg, who opposed the Nazis and saved many lives, at the cost of his own.

All those who responded to the World Trade Disaster.

Maximilian Kolbe, who willingly gave his life to save the life of another.

Answer 9

there is not any such element. the full concept is rubbish! women are constantly telling adult adult males what a "real guy" ought to be. I easily have seen dozens of definitions. human beings define themselves and all of us who enables himself to be defined by way of the rhetoric of ladies is an fool. Why does no one ever ask what a real female is? as a results of fact women are the only ones making stupid comments approximately adult adult males. women think of a "real guy" is despite the girl needs them to be at any particular evaluate time reckoning on the girl's desires.

Answer 10

a hero is a person who when presented with any situation that might cause pain (physical emotional, or to the mind) does the right thing in his opinion (cuz he could in the end be wrong) dispite personal cost.