Cross about over use of the word heroic

nice post littlemo

So agree with heroic being ... "those who bravely risk their own lives to aid others" ...well said littlemo.
Have nothing but praise for those who raise money for charities ...but they are not risking themselves, however challenging their chosen activity ...it is well-planned ahead of time ...not an immediate response to a given situation.

Thanks for your kind words JessM. You too Jacey, you have stated so much more clearly what I was trying to say.

Matt (The One Show) is another Hero, isn't he?

Yes he is!!!

Yes! Bless him, he did so well.

Heroism isnt just risking your life. There are moral heroes as well, People who risk ostracism and imprisonment for their principles. For example, Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi.

I haven't read all 5 pages so maybe someone else has quoted Napoleon who said not every soldier is a hero. Doing a dangerous job out of free choice (whether soldier or builder) does not make anyone a hero.

I have read through this thread for the first time and was very surprised by the heat generated and the negative comments- I hope this is all in the past now and in a way I apologise if I have resurrected it by posting.
Do we have a facility for deleting a thread when it outlived its purpose? If I had either been at the receiving end or indeed the pointy end of some of the things said, I would want them consigned to GN Room 101.

Gracesmum - I know! I felt so sorry for that poor old jangly woman!

Whoever she was.

Nothing on GN gets consigned to any Room 101.

Back to Matt! He raised over a million for Children in Need.

And looked really hunky on tonight's show. [letch emoticon]

look The BBC has a go at this now.

Think they have been following our threads too jingle

I think so Glass!