Comments on UMRBlog: CAN ONE BEHAVE HEROICALLY WITHOUT BEING A HERO?

1318, To be fair, Fox News Anchor did argue ...

2009-11-16T16:08:30.083-08:00

1318,

To be fair, Fox News Anchor did argue the point with her. She probably doesn't have much a future with Fox as a regular. She is neither young nor blond.

TYFCB.

I think the folks on FoxNews could stand to hop th...

2009-11-16T13:18:33.052-08:00

I think the folks on FoxNews could stand to hop the train down to Arlington and take a walk, find all those headstones that say Medal of Honor, note how many died "in the line of duty" and then ask themselves if the fact they died while doing their duty disqualifies them from being a hero.

I was in a conversation this weekend where the per...

2009-11-16T09:25:24.093-08:00

I was in a conversation this weekend where the person I spoke with tossed out a delightful bon mot about how the young woman wasn't really a "hero". I replied "And where were you when all this was going down? Were you standing in the front lines, exposed to gunfire, or were you safely in your car listening to the radio?"

After a few moments of sputtering, he conceded that she had done something--while "her duty"--still was more than most people could have done.

Sometimes I have to beat things into his head, but he's a pretty good friend.

It sounds like she was doing the contrarian opinio...

2009-11-16T07:19:14.188-08:00

It sounds like she was doing the contrarian opinion for the sake of being controversial bit. There is no other rational explanation. Although it's Fox so rational doesn't really enter the equation.

Friday evening there was a panel discussion on NPR...

2009-11-15T19:51:17.779-08:00

Friday evening there was a panel discussion on NPR discussing that possibility and one of the panelists remarked the initial news out about her heroism was due to the military putting a certain spin on the story "as happens so frequently". I changed stations on my car radio at that point.

I can see where someone's view of that might vary ...

2009-11-15T17:52:55.445-08:00

I can see where someone's view of that might vary depending upon how crabby they might be.

TYFCB

Of course she acted heroically. It was her job an...

2009-11-15T17:43:08.216-08:00

Of course she acted heroically. It was her job and duty, but that doesn't disqualify her.

But maybe that leaves room for debate as to whether crab fishermen are heroes, since their jobs are more dangerous/risky than policemen's, though hers was more risky at that particular point in time.

But saving lives is generally deemed more heroic than catching king crab.