---thanks, here's an addition: http://www.tinyurl.com/auafj
In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > One can be > > a coward and be in the line of fire. One can also just be doing > what they are > > supposed to be doing and be in the line of fire and it doesn't > make them a > > hero. One can also be horsing around and get wounded and not be a > hero. > > Again, you seem to be using Kerry to distract from what's really > going on here and now. But if you are interested in heroism and > character, here are a few thoughts: > > One can cruelly blow up frogs with firecrackers when a kid and not > be a hero. One can lie and backbite his way through (Harvard > Business) school and not be a hero. Through the influence of his > daddy one can get into the National Guard (!) to avoid Vietnam, and > mysteriously end up AWOL even from that, and not be a hero. One can > indulge in drunken driving and not be a hero. One can become > President (twice) under highly suspicious circumstances (to put it > very mildly) and not be a hero. One can evidently wear a wire to his > debates, still losing them to his challenger, and not be a hero. > > One can seize on a national tragedy (which tragedy itself is highly > suspect) to illegally start a war with the wrong country and not be > a hero. One can capitalize on that same tragedy to curtail our civil > liberties and not be a hero. One can pose in a flightsuit (!!) on a > carrier-deck and prematurely announce the end of major combat ops in > Iraq and not be a hero. One can arrogantly goad the enemy with > a "bring it on" speech and not be a hero. One can choose to use > torture, violating the Geneva Convention and endangering our own > troops, and not be a hero. One can be the worst environmental > president in history and not be a hero. One can consistently side > with the short-term interests of the largest corporations against > the long-term interests of virtually everyone else and not be a > hero. One can create a totally insular "yes-man" atmosphere around > himself, unresponsive to any healthy criticism or feedback, and not > be a hero. One can start out with a nice surplus and turn it into > the biggest deficit of all time and not be a hero. One can start out > with international goodwill and squander all of it, and not be a > hero. > > As always, I welcome any additions or corrections to the above. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
