There comes a time in every man's life when situations spiral out of control and he finds his back against a wall. Maybe somebody stole his iPod. Maybe he just killed his wife and kids. Maybe he looked in the mirror and saw a fucktard. Whatever the reason, you can either get up and face the music, or you can tell the world and whatever deity you believe in to fuck off. In the latter case, pull out your list of final solutions and place a check in the suicide box. Tonight, you dine in hell.... But, are you "An Hero"?
I don't believe in a universal objective morality, but I do believe that there are certain moral rules most societies choose to make law so they don't fall into chaos, such as making it illegal to murder and rape and steal. I think people who break those are villains (unless you're stealing from the RIAA or the MPAA or whatnot, since corporations are inhuman entities with no families so fuck 'em).
I think real heroes are people who fight for the truth and/or freedom or who sacrifice everything to help people when NOT necessary. Most civil rights leaders apply. Fighting to defend yourself, your family, or your loved ones is not heroic: it's the least you can fucking do. However, fighting to defend strangers is heroic. For example: John Brown freed a bunch of slaves and gave them guns and tried to start a revolution to stop slavery. He was tried for treason and hanged, but hell if I'm not gonna call him a hero for dying in an attempt to end slavery.
However, killing a "terrorist" isn't heroic. On the other side they're called "freedom fighters." "Terrorist" is just a stupid political buzzword for a faceless nameless magical invisible enemy we're not actually fighting to keep us scared and easy to control.
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