The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #68285   Message #1162864
Posted By: steve in ottawa
16-Apr-04 - 01:08 AM
Thread Name: BS: Who are your heroes
Subject: RE: BS: Who are your heroes
Totally forgot: Gorbachev. For letting eastern Europe go. For letting a form of democracy come to Russia. For bringing the world several steps farther from possible nuclear war. For doing the right thing, even though it cost him his power.

As for the Camus quote, I think it's directed more at the people with non-obvious problems, usually mental problems. For example, the guy who gets on the plane even though he's terrified he's going to panic, or the woman who cleans uses that public bathroom, even though she's petrified of germs.