What is a hero? WHat makes one a hero? That is a question that which I have toiled with for some time. Is it sacrifice? But sacrifice of what? If one sacrifices his life, than what is his goal? The livelihood or appreciation of others? Why sacrifice one's self, if those you fight for are not willing to make such a sacrifice? And why seek a goal which you will never benefit from? WHy seek appreciation from those that have used your life, to ease their sufffering? Why save men who do not truly value your life until your death? Why save men that need you to accomplish their goals but you do not need them to accomplish yours?
If a man saves another from peril, why does no one condemn the man that needed to be saved for placing himself in mortal danger? Why does no one condemn that saver for saving a foolish man that welcomes peril in his life, and possible danger to others, to repeat his history? And he will. For he will assume to be saved again and grow careless.
IF your house caught fire what would you attempt to retrieve before your house collapsed? The things you need. Not want, need.
So if a man saves another, is he admitting he needs that man. What is a man who needs another? A dependent.
In a primitve sense of mankind, a man that can not grow and hunt his own food, build his shelter, sustain his security, or supply his own needs, will perish. If he is to remain alive for the sustinence of other what is he then? Not a man, but a parasite. That which cripples, drains, or kills the thing that gives it life, that which takes and gives nothing, that which does not build does destroy.
A civilized example of this are welfare recipients. They do not produce, but take the production of others. They hang their weight on the arms of the laborers, the legs of the explorers, and on the heads of the thinkers. He who does not produce, consumes others labor to sustain his life. He who does not build, molds walls which he can not mend, with his stolen breath. These are the people who need to be saved. Why would one want to add weight to his back,which already hunches with the weight of his needs? Why slow your steps with strain that you need not endure. That retards your progression?
We have always been told that heroes face unbeatable odds, gave their lives, time, and comfort for others. If these are the people or futile and irational ideas that heroes give to, then are they heroes or fools?
If morality and vitrue or spiritual achievement are the reasons for a heroes actions, then those heroes must check those teachers premises. Sadly, I think they will find those teachers and exhalters need a fool to save them. I think the question here is not what is a hero, but makes an able man stoop to burden himself with the mistakes, short-comings and failures of others? What drives a man to die to protect himself from the weak that turned to force because they could not produce their own substinence?
