Halibut Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 We can be racist ? I Think you'll find that's only about the protestant English.... Come again? Are you posting in the wrong thread? The title was ''Is it me or is the word 'HERO' a bit over used these days ?'' What was your point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 There is already a thread about this I'm sure, but to hell with it let's have another round of bashing our soldiers that are out there fighting on the front line dodging bullets and bombs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Very soon we shall have 'Heroes' on every street corner ! Society IS full of heroes, and they don't all carry guns, just some have done or do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 There is already a thread about this I'm sure, but to hell with it let's have another round of bashing our soldiers that are out there fighting on the front line dodging bullets and bombs Don't be such a drama queen. It is an overused term - as many of the serving soldiers would readily agree. Believing the term 'hero' is overused is not the same as 'bashing our soldiers'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Don't be such a drama queen. It is an overused term - as many of the serving soldiers would readily agree. Believing the term 'hero' is overused is not the same as 'bashing our soldiers'. You keep telling yourself that. Harking back to another thread "why is every dead soldier a hero?" remarkebly similar to this one, I wonder if yourself or the OP could name any of our dead soldiers that are supposedly undeserving of this over used term? Oh oh, I put "our" soldiers, that will probably spark a few "they're not our soldiers they're not there for us" rants as I have seen on some threads. And only today I read on another thread some forummers implying our armed forces personnel would be good for nothing but the dole queue as they're a bunch of uneducated idiots?? Not the first time I have read that on here. SUPPORT OUR FORCES. SUPPORT HELP FOR HEROES. http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonofAna Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 You have my vote mj.scuba Still - I think that some of our soldiers should not be where they are and should be brought home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 You have my vote mj.scuba Still - I think that some of our soldiers should not be where they are and should be brought home. Fully with you on that too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matsalleh Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 This is who (among others) The Star thinks is a hero.I have no problem with him having a bumprint in cement on the town Hall steps or something.But hero? No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 There is a tendency to label every soldier who sees active service as a Hero. This isn't necessarily the case for all of them, some of them undoubtedly are but not all. There are some soldiers who have made the career choice simply because the alternatives open to them because of their intelligence/drive/ambition are next to none. Some of them would have much preferred to spend their whole time as a soldier in training rather than actually having to do what they signed up for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komal Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Why is it becoming common practice to refer to anyone who joins our Armed Forces as a 'Hero' ? If a lad wants to join up for £16k per year an free dental treatment an go thousands of miles way to assist a super power in the rape of a poverty stricken third world country then that his affair. I certainly fail to see how he automaticaly becomes a 'Hero' Very soon we shall have 'Heroes' on every street corner ! I agree 100%, brave of you to post your views on this on sheffieldforum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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