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Ironically, this doesn't make me want to be a hero. Instead it makes me see the thanklessness of duty. Society loves a dead hero because they can be used witho
by andrewclunn 10y ago
Ironically, this doesn't make me want to be a hero. Instead it makes me see the thanklessness of duty. Society loves a dead hero because they can be used without asking for anything.
- zeveb 10y agoThe hero chooses to do his duty even though he knows he won't be thanked, even though he knows he will die. I don't know if I'd be a hero, but I hope I would.
- andrewclunn 10y agoFor my family? For those I love and those who I really care about? No question. But for some abstract like society, as part of a job for a paycheck, or out of some internalized sense of duty? No.
- pjc50 10y ago"A man does not have himself killed for a half-pence a day or for a petty distinction. You must speak to the soul in order to electrify him." - Napoleon Bonaparte, as quoted in Civ 4
- Graphon1 10y ago> Ironically, this doesn't make me want to be a hero. Not everyone is capable. > Instead it makes me see the thanklessness of duty. I dunno. Lots of people are very thankful that Rescorla saved their lives, or the lives of the people they love.