Do you have a hero??

[moehat]

Robespierre Gerald? pourquoi????

[Gerald]

When I was a teenager I was really into morality, ethics, truth and virtue.

[highflyer1]

Without question, Charles Robert Darwin….no other name I can think of comes close.

[clivexx]

When I was a teenager I was really into morality, ethics, truth and virtue.Report this postQuote

It got into completely the opposite

[Cav]

My Mum.

Wish I was half the person she is.

[% MAN]

To answer the question posed in the title …. NO

[Andrew Hughes]

To answer the question posed in the title …. NO

What he said.

[Ugly Mare]

well that’s a little sad, not even a long suffering spouse? a loved one?…

My husband, firstly – very long suffering

Historically, a few of Max’s – bravo for that

Today – all those fighting and dying on our behalf, against a cruel foe. How can they not be hero’s, every one.

[% MAN]

well that’s a little sad, not even a long suffering spouse?

My spouse is very happy and never suffering, long or short term

Today – all those fighting and dying on our behalf, against a cruel foe. How can they not be hero’s, every one.

I didn’t say they weren’t heroes, there are plenty of heroes – many of them unsung.

The question was "Do you have a hero?" to which the answer is no – plenty of names have been bandied about in this thread some of whom I respect, some of whom I despise and some I am wholly indifferent about.

There is, however, no one person whom I can single out as being particularly heroic above others.

Perhaps my original reply was too ironic – there are too many heroes around to single out individuals.

[Tor mentor]

I concur with paul and Andrew.

[Ugly Mare]

^trust you

…a little defensive Paul, if I might say so, that’s how it reads to me anyway.

Replying ‘No’ rather abruptly made me think you don’t like or respect anyone very much, present or past, and I’m sure that wouldn’t be the case as you’ve just highlighted.

[Himself]

Mother Theresa and George Best.

Now there’s food for thought.

Gambling Only Pays When You're Winning

[Alchemist]

Brian Clough

[Grasshopper]

Sir David Attenborough
Sir Patrick Moore
Jacques Cousteau
Michio Kaku
Bill Hicks

[aaronizneez]

I don’t remember ever having a hero as such, anybody wanting to volunteer ?

Having given it a few minutes thought I think the RNLI Lifeboat crews ought to be given a mention.

[anthonycutt]

I’ve thought of some:

Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Archibald Leitch
Nigel Gresley

[Andrew Hughes]

There are plenty of people I like and many whose achievements I respect. There are some I love. But I don’t have heroes, at least not in the sense in which my dictionary defines – ‘a person reverenced and idealized’. I would never be so unkind to someone as to call them a hero.

Heroic deeds, certainly. Heroes, no.

Anyway, I just wanted to agree with Paul’s view, not to bring anybody down.

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