Chris Kyle: American hero or

[DinkinFlicka]

If you're invoking Bill and Ted in this thread, I'd suggest less wine lol

Stay with me, GV.

 

[7thgroupvolfan]

That name sounds Texan as hell.

And...

 

[Grand Vol]

Stay with me, GV.

More likely I need more wine lol

 

[davethevol]

That name sounds Texan as hell.

Almost like a character right out of Friday Night Lights.

 

[therealUT]

So in your opinion, who out of the US Military history would you consider a hero?

Off the top of my head, none.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

The fact that no one will agree on it. Gets us nowhere. It's ridiculously overused, no doubt. But everyone will have their own opinion on the definition which will get us back to this page.

Dawg, have you been on VNPoly before?

Apply your post to any thread ever.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

And...

Just sayin', d00d.

 

[tumscalcium]

Dawg, have you been on VNPoly before?

Apply your post to any thread ever.

True, but it did answer your post. Lol

 

[DinkinFlicka]

More likely I need more wine lol

Then get to sippin' and stick with me, dammit. I'm sauced like a rack of ribs.

 

[7thgroupvolfan]

Off the top of my head, none.

Why are you so argumentative? You dont actually believe this..

 

[DinkinFlicka]

True, but it did answer your post. Lol

I must be the only one committing PUI right now.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

Why are you so argumentative? You dont actually believe this..

I can't think of one either. I understand you served, but I don't think enlistment warrants a title of heroism.

 

[therealUT]

Why are you so argumentative? You dont actually believe this..

I do believe it, I don't think too many heroes have ever existed. That said, momentary heroic action does not make a hero.

 

[Grand Vol]

Off the top of my head, none.

Fair enough answer.

I just find it hard to look at someone like Senior Airman Jason Cunningham and not say his actions were heroic. But I respect your opinion.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

I do believe it, I don't think too many heroes have ever existed. That said, momentary heroic action does not make a hero.

I've stopped and changed tires for stranded motorists before. I've comped a dude's tab when he couldn't pay for a couple of things. I've held folks' hair back while they spewed chunks.

Sporadic acts of selfless good will makes not a hero.

 

[vol_in_ar]

Only if you can't accept the amount of sheer objectivity he presents. I thoroughly enjoy his posts, whether or not I agree with them.

I've never seen a poster so devoid of emotional influence. It's what this forum needs. Hell, it's what most open discourse needs.

he's TRUT is very articulate, and I too enjoy his post, but I've realized he (IMO), he enjoys the debate and takes an extreme view, and enjoys defending it

 

[7thgroupvolfan]

I do believe it, I don't think too many heroes have ever existed. That said, momentary heroic action does not make a hero.

Too many? So......there have been some?

 

[7thgroupvolfan]

I can't think of one either. I understand you served, but I don't think enlistment warrants a title of heroism.

I am no hero, but my very good friend who was shot in the head by a burger eater was a hero. He is my hero.

 

[Toujours Pret]

So in your opinion, who out of the US Military history would you consider a hero?

Arnold

 

[therealUT]

Too many? So......there have been some?

If Jesus is actually a historical figure, I'd consider him a hero. I think Francis of Assissi is a hero. And, I might count Martin Luther King, Jr. as a hero, depending on whether or not his womanizing only involved consensual sex and not abuses of power.

 

[7thgroupvolfan]

I did what my country trained me to do and that makes me no hero. If you spill your blood in a foreign country, for my country, you are MY hero. God Bless the USA! Thank god you were born in this great country or who/whatever you believe in.

 

[Grand Vol]

Arnold

There's a couple of them I think...

 

[DinkinFlicka]

Tom Selleck and Nick Offerman are my heroes.

 

[7thgroupvolfan]

Tom Selleck and Nick Offerman are my heroes.

Really? I figured you as a Tupac guy.

 

[Toujours Pret]

There's a couple of them I think...

Ben before he got jobbed by Gates and Congress