Heroes

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Sun Aug 26, 2001 10:37 pm

So? Whose yours?

Kayless · Post by **Kayless** » Sun Aug 26, 2001 10:38 pm

Mr. T. I pity the fool who don’t like Mr. T!!!

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Sun Aug 26, 2001 10:58 pm

I don't need your pity!

Azeroth · Post by **Azeroth** » Sun Aug 26, 2001 11:04 pm

Well mine was Dale Earnhardt..... I guess now my hero is Willy from the Simpsons.

leedogg · Post by **leedogg** » Sun Aug 26, 2001 11:05 pm

Gilligan. He was the greatest!!!

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Sun Aug 26, 2001 11:14 pm

I don't think I have a hero.

I guess the closest I have to a hero would be either Stephen Hawking or Rogue...*notices that her two most likely heros consist of a renowned physicist and a comic book character*...possibly Drizzt...*adds a character from a book to the list of possible heros*...

KillerKid · Post by **KillerKid** » Mon Aug 27, 2001 4:42 am

MY DADDY IS MY HERO!!!!!!!!!!!!! aww just kiding

my hero is that guy in the simpsons that took a bullet for someone after the person got shot 10 times already ya know the episode where homer recks mr. burns' yot

Vehemence · Post by **Vehemence** » Mon Aug 27, 2001 4:51 am

My hero is none other than: Billy Connolly.

The other would of course be Jim Carey.

A couple of comic geniouses in my opinion

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Mon Aug 27, 2001 4:54 am

I don't really have any heroes, but I think all the people who have risked their lives for human rights, like people who hid Jewish families in Germany during WWII, or the students who participated in the pro-democracy demonstrations at TianAnMen square in China 1989, are true heroes.

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Mon Aug 27, 2001 4:56 am

Originally posted by Vehemence:
My hero is none other than: Billy Connolly.

He is mighty funny

Vehemence · Post by **Vehemence** » Mon Aug 27, 2001 5:01 am

Originally posted by C Elegans:
He is mighty funny

I actually went to one of his shows when he came to Oz. I was actually crying with laughter

scully1 · Post by **scully1** » Mon Aug 27, 2001 5:17 am

1. Joan of Arc

2. Ueshiba Morihei (the founder of Aikido)

[ 08-27-2001: Message edited by: loner72 ]

ThorinOakensfield · Post by **ThorinOakensfield** » Mon Aug 27, 2001 7:40 am

Bordin Steelaxe- The greatest dwarf in the world!!!
Is that how his sig went?

Seriousley my hero would

Kayless: Mr. T. I pity the fool who don’t like Mr. T!!!

Have you ever watched the Mr. T cartoons on T.V Funhouse?

ThorinOakensfield · Post by **ThorinOakensfield** » Mon Aug 27, 2001 7:41 am

Originally posted by Kayless:
Mr. T. I pity the fool who don’t like Mr. T!!!

Well i pity the fool who don't use 1800-Collect.

fable · Post by **fable** » Mon Aug 27, 2001 7:44 am

Anybody who can quietly live through a longterm tragedy, their own or a loved one's, is a hero: taking care of a husband or wife who has developed Alzeimer's, or terminal cancer, for example.

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Mon Aug 27, 2001 7:48 am

The diceman...hehe

actually, it's Stevie Ray Vaughn, or Tony Iommi.

ThorinOakensfield · Post by **ThorinOakensfield** » Mon Aug 27, 2001 8:00 am

Out of the ruins
Out from the wreckage
Can't make the same mistake this time
We are the children
the last generation
We are the ones they left behind
And I wonder when we are ever gonna change it
Living under the fear till nothing else remains

We don't need another hero
We don't need to know the way home
All we want is life beyond the thunderdome

Looking for something we can rely on
There's got to be something better out there
Love and compassion, their day is coming
All else are castles built in the air
And I wonder when we are ever gonna change it
Living under the fear till nothing else remains
All the children say

We don't need another hero
We don't need to know the way home
All we want is life beyond the thunderdome

What do we do with our lives
We leave only a mark
Will our story shine like a life
Or end in the dark
Give it all or nothing

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Mon Aug 27, 2001 9:57 am

That was beautiful man...

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Mon Aug 27, 2001 12:31 pm

My hero:Ace Rimmer

Seriously i don't have any hero's i don't believe in having heros, i think it is superficial, everyone should be their own hero's.

humanflyz · Post by **humanflyz** » Mon Aug 27, 2001 4:39 pm

or the students who participated in the pro-democracy demonstrations at TianAnMen square in China 1989, are true heroes.

Yeah, that was sad. Unfortunately my mother, who was a teacher at one of the universities in Beijing, witnessed the death of one of her students. It was pretty traumatic to hear her tell it.

I think heroes are mysteries. All we hear about them is the things that other people before us tell us. You can't judge those heroes from what you hear, you must know them to know that they are humans too. They make mistakes. They are not the perfect icons that people set them up to be. If we knew that Colombus brought smallpox and owned slaves before, we wouldn't be so shocked today and protesting Colombus Day. The man was acting in the standards of his time period when owning slaves was common and the Caucasian world viewed other races as inferiors. Nonetheless he made an important discovery and should be recognized as one of great importance.

However, one person who everybody else calls hero I totally do not agree is Odysseus. He deliberately killed his men. He was enjoying the stay with Kalypso instead of longing for Ithaca. He knew he was going to survive in the end, so all his accomplishments are hollow. I totally despise him.