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[QUOTE=livingfossil]A hero is some guy who risks his life to fight (successfully) to preserve his society from some grave threat. That society then remembers him, because he sustained its existence. If the hero is unsuccessful he is a loser, and not worth remembrance--or his society was destroyed, and its cultural memory with it. Sadness!
I compleatly agree with this, but for me i have to take it a step further. A hero is an average person that someone looks up to for some reason. I see it as a deeper for of respect that i can't really qualify in words. I know i have my small set of "heros" and they are average men that i have known for a while. They have never faught in a war, stood up to armed gunmen, or been recognized by society for what i see as great accomplishments.
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There is something to be learned from a rainstorm. When meeting with a sudden shower, you try not to pet wet and run quickly along the road. But doing such things as passing under the eaves of houses, you still get wet. When you are resolved from the beginning, you will not be perplexed, though you still get the same soaking. This understanding extends to everything.
-(Hagakure, book 2)
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