Alexandre Fedorovski
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A quarter of a century ago, a tragic incident occurred on the infamous I-5 in the Tacoma area (Washington state): a policeman who was not on duty driving a motorcycle UI at full speed “crashed” into the truck and died on the spot. Local newspapers published a message about it under the heading "American Hero Died."
I still do not understand what a heroic act a drunken policeman committed. Driving under the influence of alcohol, as I know, is a crime.That the tragedy happened - yes,no doubt, but not an act of heroism happened.
Today, CBS reported that another compatriot of our country, a special OPS soldier, was killed in Afghanistan. But it was again presented to the public as "The American hero died."
The noun heroism comes from the Greek hērōs, which referred to a demigod. As someone who shows great courage and valor is referred to as a hero, their actions are considered to be acts of heroism.
19th Century lawyer Robert Green Ingersoll said it well:
“When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death — that is heroism.”
Media controlled by special interest groups form and support false stereotypes of thinking in American society. People - debtors of banks, who are forced to work two jobs, women who are forced to work even moonlight shifts and can't raise kids, are encouraged that they belong to a "nation of heroes".
This allows even ignoramuses who do not know countries the United States of America borders with to experience a false sense of pride.
I call it a manageable mass hysteria as a means of manipulating people's minds.
Though traditionally in sociology and psychology, mass hysteria (also known as mass psychogenic illness, collective hysteria, group hysteria, or collective obsessional behavior) is defined as "a phenomenon that transmits collective illusions of threats, whether real or imaginary, through a population in society as a result of rumors and fear (memory acknowledgement)".
As it often happens, scientific definitions lag behind life and need to be adjusted. The above fact is the very case when we must clarify the definition.
I know what war is and to get injured, even fatal, from a fragment of a mine or a bullet, is not an act of heroism. These are the everyday life of a soldier and death is always there
There was a tragedy. Today, someone is mourning a loved one. And we grieve.
But let's not forget that the US government "forgot" to withdraw troops from Afghanistan even after Bin Laden left that country and then was liquidated ...
Let's also not forget that our citizen was sent to "defend national interests" so far from the borders of our country ...
I still do not understand what a heroic act a drunken policeman committed. Driving under the influence of alcohol, as I know, is a crime.That the tragedy happened - yes,no doubt, but not an act of heroism happened.
Today, CBS reported that another compatriot of our country, a special OPS soldier, was killed in Afghanistan. But it was again presented to the public as "The American hero died."
The noun heroism comes from the Greek hērōs, which referred to a demigod. As someone who shows great courage and valor is referred to as a hero, their actions are considered to be acts of heroism.
19th Century lawyer Robert Green Ingersoll said it well:
“When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death — that is heroism.”
Media controlled by special interest groups form and support false stereotypes of thinking in American society. People - debtors of banks, who are forced to work two jobs, women who are forced to work even moonlight shifts and can't raise kids, are encouraged that they belong to a "nation of heroes".
This allows even ignoramuses who do not know countries the United States of America borders with to experience a false sense of pride.
I call it a manageable mass hysteria as a means of manipulating people's minds.
Though traditionally in sociology and psychology, mass hysteria (also known as mass psychogenic illness, collective hysteria, group hysteria, or collective obsessional behavior) is defined as "a phenomenon that transmits collective illusions of threats, whether real or imaginary, through a population in society as a result of rumors and fear (memory acknowledgement)".
As it often happens, scientific definitions lag behind life and need to be adjusted. The above fact is the very case when we must clarify the definition.
I know what war is and to get injured, even fatal, from a fragment of a mine or a bullet, is not an act of heroism. These are the everyday life of a soldier and death is always there
There was a tragedy. Today, someone is mourning a loved one. And we grieve.
But let's not forget that the US government "forgot" to withdraw troops from Afghanistan even after Bin Laden left that country and then was liquidated ...
Let's also not forget that our citizen was sent to "defend national interests" so far from the borders of our country ...
