BS: When are fire fighters heroes?

Subject: RE: BS: When are fire fighters heros?
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Oct 04 - 06:57 PM

"Happy is the country which requires no heroes."

                                       Bertolt Brecht

Subject: RE: BS: When are fire fighters heros?
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Oct 04 - 07:07 PM

Or even more apropos to the current spate of the warrior cult hero-worship in the US:

"Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom."

                               Herbert Spencer, 1820-1903

Subject: RE: BS: When are fire fighters heros?
From: Rapparee
Date: 27 Oct 04 - 07:27 PM

I'll join Deckman.

Subject: RE: BS: When are fire fighters heros?
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Oct 04 - 07:28 PM

Bye bye.

Subject: RE: BS: When are fire fighters heros?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 27 Oct 04 - 08:11 PM

Any nameless GUESTs out there other than that one? It might be a good idea to adopt some kind of handle, so that you don't get confused with that piece of work.

Subject: RE: BS: When are fire fighters heros?
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Oct 04 - 08:23 PM

What piece of work. My opinion of the exploitation and maudlin use of the memories of victims and their families, the coverups of the wrong doing related to 9/11, including the emergency responders fiasco, is hardly unique.

I have emergency responders in my family too, though not in NY. All this "oh we can't say anything bad about 9/11 or NYPD or FDNY or Giuliani, et al" is about a bunch of god damn cowards hiding behind mommy's skirt.

Oh, but I suppose no one should be angry about any of this. We should all just shut the fuck up and not rock the boat.

Like covering up all the problems does something for the dead, or helps anyone in future fires.

Subject: RE: BS: When are fire fighters heros?
From: Wolfgang
Date: 28 Oct 04 - 08:57 AM

"He who fights may lose. He who doesn't fight has already lost" (Bert Brecht)

Wolfgang