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Topic Originator: OzPar
Date: Sat 25 May 12:45
While writing a reply on the topic of facial recognition, I mentioned George Orwell, someone I would refer to as a hero of mine. I can't say I have read all his works, but I have read several, and each moved me in significant ways both politically and as a person.
This got me thinking that it might be interesting in this traditionally quiet period on the forum to have a topic on our heroes - not football heroes - but figures outside of football who have inspired you.
They could be public figures, they could be ordinary folk - maybe teachers, work colleagues, acquaintances who have achieved wonderful things that have touched your life in a particular way.
Apart from Orwell, my other great heroes would be Winston Churchill and Captain James Cook.
Who would you pick?
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Sat 25 May 13:08
I have a weakness for (real) Country Music - favourite artist is Merle Haggard, an outstanding all round talent.
If his real life story had been dreamt up for a film script it would have been thrown out as being too unbelievable to be true.
On a different tack, Joanna Lumley is a heroine of mine for consistently advancing the rights of the Gurkhas against an indifferent British government.
One famous example.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcdeK27Y65s
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Topic Originator: PARrot
Date: Sat 25 May 13:12
Care workers.
What they do for the little pay they get is remarkable.
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Topic Originator: Rastapari
Date: Sat 25 May 13:46
Lemmy, whom I got to meet, true gent.
D Wayne Love from Alabama 3, personal friend who sadly passed on Tuesday.
And of course first and foremost, Miss Rasta and my daughter, they both make me a better person.
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Topic Originator: NeilPhilp
Date: Sat 25 May 15:19
My mum.
Sir Alex Ferguson
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Topic Originator: da_no_1
Date: Sat 25 May 21:38
My parents. My sons. And William Stuart Adamson.
"Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark"
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Topic Originator: red-star-par
Date: Sat 25 May 21:40
Norrie McCathie, my Dad, Andrew Carnegie, Fidel Castro and William Wallace
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Topic Originator: average white par
Date: Sun 26 May 00:01
Glen Michael, Steve Austin (a man barely alive) and David Lee Roth...
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Topic Originator: widtink
Date: Sun 26 May 00:10
Pffft
Everyone knows Palladin was the real star of the show🤣
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Topic Originator: PARrot
Date: Sun 26 May 00:35
Quote:
widtink, Sun 26 May 00:10
Pffft
Everyone knows Palladin was the real star of the show🤣
Rudy would beg to differ!
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Topic Originator: onandupthepars
Date: Sun 26 May 01:17
Larry Burrows, photojournalist killed in Viet Nam.
Post Edited (Sun 26 May 12:49)
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Topic Originator: General Zod
Date: Sun 26 May 08:04
Pol pot.
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Topic Originator: onandupthepars
Date: Sun 26 May 10:47
ref: General Zod
Date: Sun 26 May 08:04
<<< Pol pot. >>>
Pot Noodle "Bombay Bad Boy"
Post Edited (Sun 26 May 11:11)
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Topic Originator: onandupthepars
Date: Sun 26 May 11:02
Haing Ngor, Cambodian gynecologist who lived through the devastation of Pol Pot's genocide, suffered near-starvation, witnessed extreme torture, and wrote a magnificent book about it, "The Killing Fields".
"He told of having to abandon one of his patients on the operating table during the fall of Phnom Penh. On another occasion, he saw his pregnant wife die before his eyes. Had he acknowledged that he was a doctor, his entire family would have been killed immediately."(1)
" His memoir of life under the Khmer Rouge, is a searing account of a country's descent into hell. His was a world of war slaves and execution squads, of senseless brutality and mind-numbing torture; where families ceased to be and only a very special love could soar above the squalor, starvation and disease. An eyewitness account of the real killing fields by an extraordinary survivor, this book is a reminder of the horrors of war - and a testament to the enduring human spirit."(2)
I've read the book. Not seen the film.
(1)https://www.amazon.co.uk/Survival-Killing-Fields-Haing-Ngor/dp/1841197939
(2) https://www.flickr.com/photos/unhcr/4130250395
Post Edited (Sun 26 May 11:08)
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Topic Originator: Mario
Date: Mon 27 May 15:03
That photo of the death camp selection process is so chilling.
Those who put a stop to it were heroic th their own way, whether in uniform or supporting those who wore them, or keeping the factories running, home fires burning etc.
Post Edited (Mon 27 May 15:05)
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Topic Originator: Bandy
Date: Mon 27 May 17:29
David Mitchell
Tuomas Holopainen
Marie Curie
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Topic Originator: PARrot
Date: Mon 27 May 20:02
Hogan and his pals.
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Topic Originator: onandupthepars
Date: Mon 27 May 21:03
Ref: Mario
Date: Mon 27 May 15:03
<<< That photo of the death camp selection process is so chilling.
Those who put a stop to it were heroic in their own way, whether in uniform or supporting those who wore them, or keeping the factories running, home fires burning etc. >>>
Yes I think a lot of - maybe even most - people are heroic for moments or periods of time in their lives. Some are heroic in quiet, steady ways. Such as my gran - who, in wartime became the breadwinner after her husband became disabled in his early forties, but it never made her bitter, she always had time for everyone and a sense of humour.
The examples I've given in previous posts I think are of exceptional heroism in the field of humane action. I think in the world there's always room for more of that and the quiet, steady kind.
Post Edited (Mon 27 May 21:05)
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Topic Originator: PARrot
Date: Mon 27 May 21:14
I remember a recording of a WW2 leader. Cant remember if it was Robert Stirling, Paddy Main or someone else but he was called a hero by the interviewer. He said he was not a hero because he was never afraid. He said the real heros were the guys who were scared stiff but still did what he ordered them to do.
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Topic Originator: twin par
Date: Mon 27 May 21:56
Mum dad pars.
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Topic Originator: Captain Desmond Fancey
Date: Wed 29 May 09:03
Having watched the Chernobyl program I would say 3 real heroes - I'd never even heard of - are Alexei Ananenko, Valeri Bezpalov,Boris Baranov.
Their suicide mission saved certainly Europe and quite possibly most of the world from something far far worse than had already taken place.
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Topic Originator: Bandy
Date: Wed 29 May 13:49
"Having watched the Chernobyl program I would say 3 real heroes - I'd never even heard of - are Alexei Ananenko, Valeri Bezpalov,Boris Baranov."
According to Wikipedia it wasn't a suicide mission - two of the three listed are still alive, and one died in 2005 from heart failure, not related to radiation exposure.
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Topic Originator: widtink
Date: Wed 29 May 14:20
Depends on what source you read.
I've read all three are dead... Dying shortly after their mission.
I've also read that one died from a heart attack in 2005 and the other two are still alive... I've read that only one of them is still alive and still works in the industry.
Given Russias tendency for being secretive it seems to be a bit of a mystery.
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Topic Originator: PARrot
Date: Wed 29 May 22:19
I think regardless of whether they died or not they knew it was highly probable or at least they were going to be extremely ill. Pretty much a suicide mission.
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Topic Originator: helensburghpar
Date: Thu 30 May 11:11
Used to like The Stranglers when I was a young lad. No more heroes anymore though.
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Topic Originator: Doves
Date: Sun 2 Jun 19:25
Ernest Shackleton
He was some boy.
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Topic Originator: onandupthepars
Date: Mon 3 Jun 00:52
Yes oor Ernest - he was the monkey's banana. He got all those men home from the Antarctic by force of will. Of course his achievement got overlooked a bit because of the War. I read a fat book about him long ago and saw the film in which Kenneth Branagh plays him. Stirring stuff. Good choice Doves.
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