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ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
edited November 2009 in A Moving Train
Who are your heroes?

Here's some of mine in no particular order:


Henry Miller
Muhammed Ali
Jack Johnson
Charles Bukowski
Jean Genet
Bill Hicks
Van Gogh
Jack Kerouac
Allen Ginsberg
Albert Camus
Noam Chomsky
Norman Finkelstein
Hunter S. Thompson
Arthur Rimbaud
Ken Kesey
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  • JW0422JW0422 Posts: 170
    Who cares!
  • CommyCommy Posts: 4,984
    i forget how it goes

    something like...


    "Unhappy the land with no heroes"....

    to which brecht replied.

    "Unhappy the land that needs heroes"


    very true.




    my list includes noam chomsky, arundhati roy, howard zinn....
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    JW0422 wrote:
    Who cares!

    Me. I'm interested in knowing who people are inspired by.
  • ajedigeckoajedigecko \m/deplorable af \m/ Posts: 2,430
    albert schweitzer
    live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
  • CommyCommy Posts: 4,984
    albert einstein.


    the smartest guy on the planet and he was a socialist. go figure.
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    humphrey bogart.
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    edited November 2009
    Herman Hesse
    Georgios Papanikolaou(test pap)
    Socrates
    Great Alexander
    Post edited by dimitrispearljam on
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
    John Lennon
    Dennis Kucinich
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    soulsinging wrote:
    humphrey bogart.

    I recently saw 'The Treasure of the Sierre Madre'. Cool movie.
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Byrnzie wrote:
    soulsinging wrote:
    humphrey bogart.

    I recently saw 'The Treasure of the Sierre Madre'. Cool movie.

    that it is. the man had style.
  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    I'm going to say...
    That guy that jumped off the subway platform to save the guy who fell on the tracks...
    The guy that dove into the frozen Potomac River and swam to save that stewardess who lost her grip on the life preserver and began to drown...
    The stewardess that went back in the burning wreckage of that 747 in the Canary Islands to save the lives of several passengers...
    I don't know their names... but, truely... unselfish acts of heroism.
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • Nothingman54Nothingman54 Posts: 2,251
    thought this was gonna be about the tv show.
    I'll be back
  • Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    Nothingman54 wrote:
    thought this was gonna be about the tv show.

    LMAO!
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  • Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    single parents
    abused children
    torture victims
    the wrongly convicted
    the poor
    the mentally and/or physically challenged and/or ill

    in general, the people that have gone through hell and come through the other end. or those that are stil in hell, and continue to persevere.

    no hollywood actor, politician, famous musician, or african-adopting celebrities that I know of fall onto this list.
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    Nothingman54 wrote:
    thought this was gonna be about the tv show.
    me too :D
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • TravisTheSkyTravisTheSky Posts: 615
    I only count people that I know (or knew) in real life:

    This decade it's ADAM FLORIO !!! I'm still bowing down in a one-woman-wave of hero worship for "Superman," as I call him.

    In the nineties, it was Dennis Lovely.


    *smiles* Thank you. We are all one heart!
    "May you live in interesting times."
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    Johnny Sitar wrote:
    single parents
    abused children
    torture victims
    the wrongly convicted
    the poor
    the mentally and/or physically challenged and/or ill

    in general, the people that have gone through hell and come through the other end. or those that are stil in hell, and continue to persevere.

    no hollywood actor, politician, famous musician, or african-adopting celebrities that I know of fall onto this list.
    the poor? i didnt know being poor was heroic. i'm your hero!
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    i'll go with Ben Franklin. always liked that dude.
  • Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    MrSmith wrote:
    Johnny Sitar wrote:
    single parents
    abused children
    torture victims
    the wrongly convicted
    the poor
    the mentally and/or physically challenged and/or ill

    in general, the people that have gone through hell and come through the other end. or those that are stil in hell, and continue to persevere.

    no hollywood actor, politician, famous musician, or african-adopting celebrities that I know of fall onto this list.
    the poor? i didnt know being poor was heroic. i'm your hero!

    maybe I should have been more specific, as then I guess I'd be my own hero, too. :lol:

    the homeless is really what I meant. Anyone who has a shit life or shit circumstances and manages to trudge on.
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  • WaveCameCrashinWaveCameCrashin Posts: 2,929
    Any man or woman that has served.
    My Grandfather
    My Parents
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    prfctlefts wrote:
    Any man or woman that has served.
    My Grandfather
    My Parents

    i will never understand why we talk this way about soldiers but shit on teachers. that's america's biggest problem right there. not that i don't respect what they do... but it makes as little sense as our unquestioned acceptance of violence on tv and in movies, while nudity gives us fits.
  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    prfctlefts wrote:
    Any man or woman that has served.
    ...
    I get where you're going with this... but, that 'any' part...
    That means that John Kerry is your Hero.
    ...
    and so is Timothy McVeigh.
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • rebornFixerrebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    soulsinging wrote:
    prfctlefts wrote:
    Any man or woman that has served.
    My Grandfather
    My Parents

    i will never understand why we talk this way about soldiers but shit on teachers. that's america's biggest problem right there. not that i don't respect what they do... but it makes as little sense as our unquestioned acceptance of violence on tv and in movies, while nudity gives us fits.

    Not sure what you're driving at here ... Not everyone shits on teachers, and not everyone respects soldiers. Not even sure how one thought leads to the other.

    I will agree with the nudity point, though ... Some titties on TV are the end of the world, but its OK to make movies that graphically portray physical and psychological torture under the guise of entertainment value.
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    maybe a reason that alot of countries hate Usa is that u shit on teachers and respect the soldiers..
    im not,,i know that people are served try the best..i do it 18 years now in my country..but teachers are ore inportant than me..couse they will teach u about ,freedom,democracy,respect,history,will open your mind..with a peacefull way,not the way my job do,,,
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    i put in my post
    Herman Hesse
    Georgios Papanikolaou(test pap)
    Socrates
    Great Alexander

    there was a huge voting here of who is the greatiest Greek of all times...
    people vote..
    1st was Alexander the Great

    the only one that make wars of all 10...
    i vote Georgios Papanikolaou..he is the person that actually save the world in his way..he found test pap..that save women from this fuckin sickness...and we all come up from women...
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • FiveB247xFiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    I don't have any "hereos". No one is perfect. Some display acts of bravery or courage which is greatly admired, but I would never say someone is my hero. As George Carlin once said - "Symbols are for simple minded people." And that's all hero's are, symbols.
    CONservative governMENt

    Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    FiveB247x wrote:
    I don't have any "hereos". No one is perfect. Some display acts of bravery or courage which is greatly admired, but I would never say someone is my hero. As George Carlin once said - "Symbols are for simple minded people." And that's all hero's are, symbols.

    I never said that any of the people I admire are/were perfect. And they are not mere symbols either.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    rebornFixer wrote:
    soulsinging wrote:
    prfctlefts wrote:
    Any man or woman that has served.
    My Grandfather
    My Parents

    i will never understand why we talk this way about soldiers but shit on teachers. that's america's biggest problem right there. not that i don't respect what they do... but it makes as little sense as our unquestioned acceptance of violence on tv and in movies, while nudity gives us fits.

    Not sure what you're driving at here ... Not everyone shits on teachers, and not everyone respects soldiers. Not even sure how one thought leads to the other.

    I will agree with the nudity point, though ... Some titties on TV are the end of the world, but its OK to make movies that graphically portray physical and psychological torture under the guise of entertainment value.

    titties???? what about a penis?? is that too much to ask for? i know guys have an 'issue' with their penis but come on... something for the girls would be nice, you know. perhaps if we saw all kinds of penisea on our screens guys wouldnt be made to feel so lacking and inadequate.
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  • rebornFixerrebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    catefrances wrote:
    titties???? what about a penis?? is that too much to ask for? i know guys have an 'issue' with their penis but come on... something for the girls would be nice, you know. perhaps if we saw all kinds of penisea on our screens guys wouldnt be made to feel so lacking and inadequate.

    :lol:
    You win ... For the record, I have no real beef with cocks hanging out either, although I will say that they do nothing for me personally.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    rebornFixer wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    titties???? what about a penis?? is that too much to ask for? i know guys have an 'issue' with their penis but come on... something for the girls would be nice, you know. perhaps if we saw all kinds of penisea on our screens guys wouldnt be made to feel so lacking and inadequate.

    :lol:
    You win ... For the record, I have no real beef with cocks hanging out either, although I will say that they do nothing for me personally.

    im only thinking of you guys. ;)

    more exposure and girls wouldnt giggle when they saw one. theyd become as 'everyday' as titties have become. though i cant really see us girls walking past a guy and saying... nice cock (like some guys think its ok to comment on titties)... thats usually a more private exchange. 8-)
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