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Originally Posted by Hey You . . . I Know You! Well you have lived your whole life without doing shit, so who is to say? He did more in his 27 years on this planet than you will ever do in a (full) lifetime, and anyone you know will ever do, and anyone they know will ever do, and so on. So, is he a hero? Did he take a "hero's path?" Shit, what does that have to do with the price of tea in China? Kurt changed things and affected people. Call him what you want.

His effect is influencing the writing of history, to be sure. But, given his final act, how can we characterize his Message? He captured our attention, then voted with a Smith & Wesson in the mouth. You might say the effort of doing what he did was so great that he had nothing left for life. That forgives a great deal. Consider the promise implicit in bringing a child into the world. I dunno, to me it smacks of self-indulgence. I shouldn't have to screw or hurt anybody as a side-effect of being great --