>I am not sure if the Aussies are declaring >first responders in Brisbane as heroes.
>From The Australian: At these times we are naturally tempted to search for heroes, to embroider upon their feats, and to celebrate them as paragons of altruism... Yet time and again those people we style as heroes reject that description - not from false modesty, but out of a genuine conviction that their actions represent nothing more than common-sense responses to circumstances. Very often, indeed, they seem discomfited by the description, as if they are guilty of imposture merely in allowing themselves to be presented as better people than they are. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/a-nation-of-everyday-heroes/story-e6frg6zo-1225988990477 Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London [email protected] http://www.esterson.org ------------------------------------ [tips] Heroes here,heroes there/Kitty Genovese michael sylvester Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:36:55 -0800 With so many heroes parading around in U.S cities and the U.S media and President Obama coronating heroes in Tucson,I have began to observe that there seem to be a penchant to declare lots of people heroes.It is beginning to remind me of the "self-esteem" agenda. I am not sure if the Aussies are declaring first responders in Brisbane as heroes. Anyway,with so many people donning the hero mantel,this would seem to suggest that the "diffusion of responsibility" paradigm re Kitty Genovese may not be concurrently valid. Btw,why don't we declare humans that save animsls a heroes? Sociobiological human self-aggrandizement, maybe? Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=7954 or send a blank email to leave-7954-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
