Right on, Jimmy. Somebody had to speak up for the cynical bastards of the world that only care about themselves and could not understand the concept of altruism. Such a foreign concept--giving up one's life to prevent harm to others. What's next, people seeking higherl meaning in their lives?
Seriously, just because you or for that matter I would not have done what they did does not preclude the possibility of other people risking their own lives to do what needed to be done. That's what makes them heroes--they risked themselves for people they did not know. I just no myself enough and am realistic enough not to be under a "hero" delusion. I am not sure I could do what those passengers did.
I guess it's easy, even "cool" to be a cynic nowadays. But ultimately, when people die, and we all will some day, how people judge your life is what you did for OTHER people....not what you did for yourself. This is universal....this is what makes us human. What is rare is the person that cared for people outside of his circle of family and friends. I know, hard to believe, hard to understand.......I guess that's what makes them "heroes."
The will to power is just the beginning...not the end. It is a doorway to compassion and higher being. [Joseph Campbell]
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Originally posted by jimmy3way
Yeah if the 'heros' were such fucking ubermench they could have a) fucked up two or three of the hijackers and forced the remaining one to land the plane or b) instead of calling their relatives to give them pithy tee shirt slogans they could have called ground control and asked them what to do...as in "We have no pilot, what do we do?" or something clever like "How does the radio/autopilot work?" instead of "Let's roll?" c) if the heroes had a few braincells to rub together they might have saved their own lives instead of plowing a field at 700 mph.
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