What is a Hero?

I had a thought on that when i was watching the abortion of a film that was "Q.T" Presents Hero.

We are in a place in the existance of our nation when we are questioning what the nature of heroism is.

Is it heroic to serve in times of war?
sometimes
Is it heroic to serve in the police and fire department?
sometimes

Sometimes?

a few kinds of people get into these kind of jobs

The people who want to make a difference;

these people however are often driven out, they often burn their passion out to help people

The people who seek glory;

since time immemorial when we specialized our society into job types those of us who have been unable to strike at those who seek to wound our tribe have honored those who have taken that specialty.

men like Sejanus, Adolph Hitler, Benito Musselini, and untold others named and unamed have used that glory for the worst of human power.

The people who can't do much of anything else;

these people have existed to. dregs pushed in to serve in these roles as well. some times they become the other two, but many folks are just ordinary.

I think Heroism is not in the deed itself, but in the mind and heart of the person who does the deed.

in snake eyes nicholas cage was a flawed hero whose flaws came to destroy him because he coveted the glory.

in an episode of "the outer limits" a man destroys his space ship rather then having the earth fall to an alien invasion, knowing that no one would ever know of his self less act

rating a hero is hard


unless its the movie hero, then it just sucks