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Do you have a hero, in the old fashioned, 1950's sense of somebody you admire?



When I was younger I guess I had some people who I thought of as heroes but at this point my attitude has shifted more to an "all heroes die" stance.

My grandfather was a hero. He was a doctor during WW2 and came from a very humble background. A self-made man so to speak.

As he got older I found out how racist he was (Pennsylvania Dutch upbringing will do that to you I guess).

And I don't mean racist like "this neighborhood went to hell when the Puerto Ricans moved in". I mean racist like when I brought my Japanese/White girlfriend to meet the family at Thanksgiving dinner one year he made her feel incredibly uncomfortable. This wasn't a random Puerto Rican he was driving past in the car, this was my girlfriend.

Then later I found it was very hard to idolize a man who was wheelchair bound and couldn't speak properly due to strokes.

It is not possible to look at a once great man who has been crippled by age and disease as a hero.

All heroes die.



Edited by conquistador (01/02/10 04:38 PM)
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