Im the guy that wants to be the hero. More than anything else. Always on the lookout. Lots of "just in the knick of time" cliche goes through my head on a constant basis. Put myself in harms way for the sake of someone else. Tackle the would-be robber or kidnapper. Tell the 2 guys arguing at the gas station to stfu b4 i beat both their asses. True story. Ok maybe its hero with some badass thrown in. Certain movies with type of storyline strike at this sensitive area. The Army did well creating and developing this...condition. Though I must say the desire for this is more selfish than selfless by nature. Is that a bad thing? Would that alter the honorability of the deed at the time? Would it change how people view the circumstances? Does it really matter at all?
Ok so the gas station incident wasnt exactly being a hero. But when a guy in his mid 20s threatens to beat up a guy in his 50s (and the old guy responds "do that and you will go to jail") because the old guy thinks he cut in line on a busy day of cars jockeying for position at the pump, the easiest way to end it was to step inbetween and put them in their place. there must be something in tone of voice or how one carries themselves becasue the old guy didnt feel it needed to threaten cops on me even though i said id beat his ass like the other kid did.
Anyway. Glory and Honor!!! Oh yeah. Get some!!! Do i really really really want to be a hero? probably not as much as just wanting to kick some ass. Its been so long i wonder if i even remember how. I guess its like riding a bike. But a hero doesnt always need to kick ass either. Heros do all sorts of things these days. I was out in the desert a few weeks ago. Scouting out an abandon copper mine to go inside. Found a guy who rolled his quad and fucked up his arm trying to walk back to the entrance where the gas station was. Loaded him up and gave him a lift. I swear this dude was gonna pass out. His arm was swelling by the second. You could see the bulges and watch it swell. Fucking idiot. didnt anyone tell you this trail is for advanced drivers? whatever, saved his ass. He did manage to call his friends for help on his cell but guess what. That escalade sure as hell wasnt going to make it to where he was LOL.
But i look for these things. i am definately a dying breed. Honor is a word used as the punchline of a bad joke. We live in a world of people only out to get something out of everything by any means. There is no sense of Duty in anything. Its all about how little you can do in your 8 hour shift or how much you can fuck off and stay under the radar. Its all about the paycheck but people are only willing to do the absolute minimum to get it. People have lost the ability to rise above their environment be the best they can be. Why do you do all that? No one cares. You dont get a bigger paycheck. Why? They just going to expect it all the time so you better fuck off more. BECAUSE I CAN BITCH!!! BECAUSE IM BETTER THAN YOU!!! what more reason could you possibly need. Why come in on your day off and spend 5 hours fixing that customers stuff instead of making them wait? DUH. Cuz thats being the hero. In the words of Charlie Sheen....WINNING!!!
dont misunderstand. i have my days where the hero button is definately turned off. I have my days where i just want to watch the world burn in the hopes that the idiots will be cleansed...at least some of them.
What is it to be a hero? Well i cant fly...but then neither could Batman....
