On Cowards and Heroes
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glorydaz
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and yet, he's interested enough to respond in his own thread
oh, he's interested in the subject matter, for sure
he's just too much of a coward to actually debate it
no, he'd rather take swipes at me and then lock his thread so i can't respond
why?
because of his fear in the face of difficulty
iow, his cowardice :idunno:
i keep hoping that someday he'll over come his fear and show some bravery
I guess you think what you have done to Town over the years is brave?
Wow.....ya gotta shake your head over these new definitions in this brave new world. :nono:
glorydaz
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you are also invited to address my rebuttal to town
I've addressed the ridiculous claims made in the OP already. You live in your own little world on this issue....and it stinks.
There, consider it addressed.
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
i must have missed how you explained that cowering in fear while watching your classmates get slaughtered by a lunatic is not displaying a want of courage in the face of danger
could you do it again?
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
just what is it that you think i've done to town over the years?
elohiym
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Sure it is. You are trying to make the point that people who don't risk their lives to stop murder are cowards. Why aren't you a coward for not risking your life and freedom to stop an ongoing slaughter?
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
oh, i see where you're mistaken
i am making the point that the actions of those students in the classroom in Oregon who cowered in fear while watching a lunatic slaughter their classmates were displaying a want of courage in the face of danger
now, are you prepared to argue that they were displaying a surfeit of courage?
Res (ok doser) is as annoying as anybody is able to be.
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
Lithium?
glorydaz
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Let me do this....
Your squad is pinned down by rebel fire, and several of your buddies have been shot already. You're seething with anger...not just cowering in fear. (Although fear is always present on any battle field, so your choice is a false one to begin with.) There is no "either" "or" there. You realize that you will be no use to your squad dead, and you're smart enough to see it would be stupidity to step out in the killing zone. You may even be wounded in your attempt to take out the enemy, and one of your buddies would have to risk his life to drag you back into safety...putting more people at risk by your "bravery" is not brave, it's stupid. You are also smart enough to realize that stepping out into the killing zone would give the enemy more dead bodies to gloat over.
Cowardice? Tell that to our military why don't you, when they are pinned down?
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
not so - it's addressed in the definition of courage:
| the ability to do something dangerous, or to face pain or opposition, without showing fear |
fear is recognized as being present - courage is a matter of overcoming that fear and acting
good thing todd beamer didn't just think "oh well, nothing i can do"
good thing Chris Mintz didn't think "I'd better run away so others won't be put at risk if i get wounded"
glorydaz
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That's right, you just tell all those guys who come back from the war that they weren't afraid. They'll know you've never been there. You were too busy sitting back and reading about courage in your trusty dictionary. :rotfl:
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
not talking about soldiers :idunno:
talking about the actions of those students in the classroom in Oregon who cowered in fear while watching a lunatic slaughter their classmates and how they displayed a want of courage in the face of danger
unless you can explain how cowering in fear while watching a lunatic slaughter your classmates is not displaying a want of courage in the face of danger
glorydaz
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I can see you're being willfully ignorant to match your willful arrogance. And we are talking about soldiers....people fighting to survive in this concrete jungle while nuts like you take pot shots and other nuts mow them down with bullets. You're both menaces to society.
Rambo quarterbacking.....:down:
Res is an Armchair warrior.
glorydaz
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I know. They are the bravest of the brave. Filled with courage and over flowing with all the right moves. :chuckle:
Arthur Brain
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Right now his right move would be to shut up and close this dung heap of a thread. Only a total knob would start a "topic" like this one. Nicely taken down GD.
:thumb:
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
you might be, but i'm not
i'm talking about the students locked in a classroom in oregon with a lunatic and their behavior while he slaughtered their classmates
their cowardly behavior
if you'd like to talk about that, fine, otherwise, start your own thread