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Which people do you admire most?

My personal heroes are Jesus Christ, the American Founding Fathers, Lysander Spooner, Donald Woods, Adam Smith, Ludwig von Mises, Mother Teresa, Murray N. Rothbard, and Dr. Ron Paul.

Me.

Whohoo Ron Paul!
Also: Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, the fire and policemen of Sept. 11, and a bunch more people.

Me.

I'll second that.

I'll second that.
Wait, does that mean I'm your hero or you're your own hero? It's sort of ambiguous. :p

I'd hope for the latter, of course.

Otto Von Bismark...Whoooo. The man who enabled Germany to be the leader Power in Europe and third in world. Go Otto!!!! Hey Germany...Lets try not to start another world war, yeah? Oh and of course my main man....Ronald Reagan...Whooooooo!!!1 If it werent for you buddy...we might all be calling each other comrade. God bless and rest in peace Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan. :)

Which people do you admire most?

My personal heroes are Jesus Christ, the American Founding Fathers, Lysander Spooner, Donald Woods, Adam Smith, Ludwig von Mises, Mother Teresa, Murray N. Rothbard, and Dr. Ron Paul.

Politically? You can't go wrong with Karl in my eyes. Yeah, he was the influence for a lot of shit, and there's some big gaps in his basic philosophy, but how can you not admire someone who writes an article entitled something along the lines of "a furious attack on all of creation"?
From the more corporatist, union side of things, my childhood hero was Arthur Scargill, leader of the NUM in the '84 coal strike, cos the daddy was a miner, and he and my daddy and the union and my community stood shoulder to shoulder for an entire year against the forces of the state unleashed against us, unleashed to win a political war which they justified (wrongly) with economic reasoning that was proved fallacious. We lost, but that wasn't the point, the point was not letting them break us.
Tony Benn and Micheal Foot are examples of fine old lefties, as was Nye Bevan. Again, far more of the soft left corporate school than my politics, but good men struggling to do good who had the forces of reaction and the media lined against them.
Paul Foot, radical journalist, nephew of Micheal, who died not long back, and who represented all that was good and right about the left wing tradition in the UK. Responsible for the freedom of a massive number of victims of miscarriages of justice.
Mandela, Gandhi, King and X - nuff said.
On a more cultural level, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Byron - Byron for attitude, Shelley for poetry and ideals. Groucho Marx. Julian Cope. Grant Morrisson. Bill Hicks. Micheal Moorcock. Iain Banks. Hanif Kureishi. David Bowie. Stevie Wonder (pre 1980whatnot). Chuck D.

Those do for starters?

im not one to have heros but i have a great admiration for terry waite

he was the special envoy from the church of england who was negotiating the release of hostages in lebanon when he was taken captive himself. he endured 5 years of captivity much of it chained to a wall in solitary confinement

he put himself in harms way for people he didnt know and paid a very high price for it.

Chairman Mao, Henry Lee Lucas, Richard "nightstalker" Ramirez, Idi Amin, Timmy from South Park, Vlad the Impaler, Stalin, and Gandhi

Chairman Mao, Henry Lee Lucas, Richard "nightstalker" Ramirez, Idi Amin, Timmy from South Park, Vlad the Impaler, Stalin, and Gandhi

Wow...I hope you ain't serious! :eek:

Wow...I hope you ain't serious! :eek:
That's my little secret.

Oh yeah, Queen Silvia is a good gal, too. :)

Malcolm X (http://www.brothermalcolm.net/mxwords/whathesaidarchive.html) ,John Basilone (http://www.medalofhonor.com/JohnBasilone.htm) Theodore Roosevelt (http://www.medalofhonor.com/TheodoreRoosevelt.htm) Leland "Lou" Diamond (http://www.angelfire.com/ca/dickg/Lou.html) Giles Corey (http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_BCOR.HTM) John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. (no links because you should know who they are)

your mom :eek:

Malcolm X (http://www.brothermalcolm.net/mxwords/whathesaidarchive.html) ,John Basilone (http://www.medalofhonor.com/JohnBasilone.htm) Theodore Roosevelt (http://www.medalofhonor.com/TheodoreRoosevelt.htm) Leland "Lou" Diamond (http://www.angelfire.com/ca/dickg/Lou.html) John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. (no links because you should know who they are)

I think most people posting on a political website SHOULD know who Teddy and Malcolm are, surely?

M K Gandhi
J J Rousseau
Ozzy Osbourne :)

I think most people posting on a political website SHOULD know who Teddy and Malcolm are, surely?

You're faintly overestimating the people, I believe.

your mom :eek:
This is the one thread where "Your mom" doesn't seem like an offensive post.

You're faintly overestimating the people, I believe.

Possibly. I dunno. Guess i'm just an optimist.

Socrates, The Gracchi brothers, Buddha, Jesus(his philosophy, not the whole I'm God part), Emperor Justinian, Napoleon, Gandhi, the Buddhist monks who protest war by self-immolation, Che Guevara, MLK.

Freddie Mercury, my little fairy king.
Umm, Karl Marx, Ghandi, Queen Elizabeth 1, ummmm and a multitude of other people i can't think of.

I'm not sure some of the younger Europeans will know so to cover all bases....

I think most people posting on a political website SHOULD know who Teddy and Malcolm are, surely?

This is the one thread where "Your mom" doesn't seem like an offensive post.
:(

It was worth a try

Aside from my Dad and Jesus (and even Jesus had his down moments), I don't know very many historical figures whom I would truly look up to in life. Maybe Alvin York or John McCain.

Mainly I look to literature for my heroes: Superman, Aragorn, and Atticus Finch.

so..apart from melkor..i'll nominate an ex-teacher of mine..a true hero..and..yeah..i'm not exactly the worshipping kind, you know..oh i promised kanabia to be his devout servant so i guess i oughta put him on the list..there's this one ex-classmate whom i trust to be really great in his future life..so he might be a candidate..i don't think i'll name any historical people as i'm not into making people heroes whom i never got to know personally..too freaky for me. so that's my list.

My Dad, he was a veteran of wwII, played pro football, & loved us kids!!

My mother and Batman...

... if they were to have a baby....



....I would have a God.

Albert Einstein, Franklin D Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Pablo Picasso and George Orwell.

From literature, Tolkien's Maedhros, Dahl's Uncle Oscar.

I think most people posting on a political website SHOULD know who Teddy and Malcolm are, surely?
that is a huge overestimation of the knowledge of people here,i have no idea who they are.

oh and my heroes are:superman,spiderman,the hulk,flash gordon,me,satan,kenny,domokun,tink,superman(again),the borderlands of denier,the fluffle smilie( :fluffle: ),the pink panther,hurley from lost,locke from lost,stalin,lenin,david hayter,mozilla,the red m&m,tolkien,my dick,beer,buddha,gandhi,john doe,jane doe,arnie,puntias pilate,mexican pirates,i still like oranges,the person above me,the person below me,me(again),mr.incredible,wonderboy,nasty man,the NSA,CIA,FBI,FAP,you,that homless guy on that bridge in cork,and em,tink again.and tink once more for good measure

Milton. He stuck it to the man.

http://www.luminomagazine.com/2004.03/spotlight/officespace/images/milton/milton2.jpg

Milton. He stuck it to the man.

http://www.luminomagazine.com/2004.03/spotlight/officespace/images/milton/milton2.jpg

Great post! You win!

Yay!

Yeshua ben Yosef (Jesus to j00), the late Papa, John Pilger, and anyone with a sense of justice, honour and selflessness, who stood up for what was right regardless of the consquences. Can't think of any names like that right now, although Liu Shao-chi was like that, from what I gather. And Peng De-Huai.

Ghengis Khan, Brian Boru, Alexander the Great, --to be fair though they arent really heros--they are just people I would just like to have a chance to pick their brain.

Not necceserely a hero, but I admire him greatly: My friend Bryce from New Orleans, who just moved up here being taken in with his father by a friend of mine's dad (down the street from me, actually) after Katrina. He didn't know anything about his home, or his friends, until earlier this week. Yet, he still remained strong and extremely relaxed etc. and I really look up to him.

Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Buddha, President Gorbachev, FDR, and Napoleon Bonaparte.

Which people do you admire most?

My personal heroes are Jesus Christ, the American Founding Fathers, Lysander Spooner, Donald Woods, Adam Smith, Ludwig von Mises, Mother Teresa, Murray N. Rothbard, and Dr. Ron Paul.
Almost all of my heros are "little people." The man who sacrifices his own comforts so his children can go to college. The mother who refuses medical treatment until she has her baby. The young girl who outsmarts her attacker and escapes kidnapping. The soldier who sacrifices his own life for his brothers. Everyday heros are the best.

Oh and of course Che Guevara

Jesus Christ

Dad

Ulysses S. Grant/William Tecumseh Sherman/Phillip Sheridan (for being primarily responsible for turning around the fortunes of the Union army in the US Civil War and saving the Union, along with...)

Abraham Lincoln

George Washington/founding fathers

Dan Marino

Michael Jordan

Charlemagne

Alfred the Great
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book recommendation: Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

William Shakespeare
Winston Churchill
Gordon Sumner
Kent Hrbek (http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/min/history/hrbek.jsp)

Oh and of course Che Guevara
:rolleyes:

None. Heroes are for the weak. For those who cannot stand on their own, but require a crutch to aspire to something. I aspire to be a better me. What more do I need?

Well, I'll have to disagree a little bit. My heroes are really any who serve overseas for their beliefs, or emergency workers here at home. I don't worship them or obsess over them, but I look up to them hoping to be more like them.

Then there's my French teacher. She's my unofficial hero cuz she called our class a bunch of little commies for not knowing how to say United States of America in French. :p

I aspire to be a better me. What more do I need?
maybe somebody who has already achieved a lot in the "becoming a better self" process. that, at least, is what made the two serious ones of my nominations my heroes. I do not want to become like them. i do not want to take their path, but i admire them for having chosen their very own path so decisively.

Heros and Decriptions Why:
myself (duh)
Jesus Christ (our savior)
God (our great Lord)
Crispin Freeman (played my favorite character on the best show ever: Witch Hunter Robin)
my mother (been there for me for some bad times, and she's my mother)
my father (he may be a smoker and drinker divorced from my mother, but he's been through terrible times with his other ex-wife and her friends so many times, that I learned to stand up to my enemies and not assume the worst because he's in a hard time)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (best president ever!),
my best friend named Gordon (a goth who's been there for me, shared many laughs, some secrets, etc.)
Anthony Horowitz (best author ever!)
My aunt Reetika (she commited suicide, but she's a poet and inspired me to write for a living)
the person who is OutpostCommand (sorta my hero, but a really great friend and ally in NS)
My Chemical Romance (best band ever)
my 6th grade math teacher (so funny and really cool, another reason why math is my favorite subject, he makes it really fun)
family members including aunts, uncles, and grandparents (they haven't really inspired me much, but hey, they are great relatives with so MANY different hobbies for a living, like my aunt Monica, she travels all over the world)

Michael Jordan - The person who brought back sportsmanship
Malcom X - After his visit to mecca
Martin Luther King Jr - A great man
The Spartans at Thermopolae - Obvious
Cindy Sheehan - ...haha sike!
Bo Jackson - Sheer power
The Soul Patrol - hehe

my parents :fluffle:

Everyone in Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, etc.

The Generals of the South, good guys, if slightly misguided.

Anyone who hates the Klan.

The NRA.

Any American Veteran of any war.

Everyone who deserves to be called a hero.

Ok, now that that's over with, how the hell can you call Malcom X a hero, unless we're thinking of different Malcom X's?

Jesus Christ (my Lord)

God (My King)

My Mom and Dad

Eddie Guerrero (what??? dont look at me like that)

maybe somebody who has already achieved a lot in the "becoming a better self" process. that, at least, is what made the two serious ones of my nominations my heroes. I do not want to become like them. i do not want to take their path, but i admire them for having chosen their very own path so decisively.
To me, a "hero" is someone you admire + respect. Part of admiration is wanting to be like them, at least for the part you admire them for. Besides, what other people think is better, I usually disagree with. But hey, each to his own.

people who disagree with me are stupid

Eddie Guerrero (what??? dont look at me like that)
OOC:jeez, I can't believe that he was Ray Mysterio's son's father

my parents :fluffle:
That's wonderful! My oldest grand-daughter told me recently that I was her hero. I was totally overwhelmed. :)

OMG another fan?!?!?!?!

OMG another fan?!?!?!?!
???

^nothing

That's wonderful! My oldest grand-daughter told me recently that I was her hero. I was totally overwhelmed. :)

That's touching man, and truly good.

You deserve it buddy.


EDIT: I just realised that the Metallica song, One, is playing in the background as I type my "American Veterans of any War" bit...

oh, and Gordon's (my best friend) sister (I am going out with her and she is the best girl I have ever dated in 7th grade, too bad she's in 8th grade so I can't see her the next school year :( )

i have four main heros

Roger Waters
David Gilmour
Richard Wright
Nich Mason

That's wonderful! My oldest grand-daughter told me recently that I was her hero. I was totally overwhelmed. :)
awwwww thats sweet :) :p

i've never used the word "heroes" with my parents (to their faces) but they sure know i love and importantly respect the hell out of them. if its possible for a kid to be proud of his parents (in general, the same sort of way a parent can be generally proud of their kids), then i am very much so :)

perhaps i should tell them...

i have four main heros

Roger Waters
David Gilmour
Richard Wright
Nich Mason
I think I love you.

FLOYD!

oh, and Gordon's (my best friend) sister (I am going out with her and she is the best girl I have ever dated in 7th grade, too bad she's in 8th grade so I can't see her the next school year :( )

That's... Nice, I think...

I congratulate you on getting an older woman.

You are now my hero. :p

Jesus (Actually I'm agnostic, but I still believe his teachings are ones to live by)

Gandhi (For leading a peaceful movement to expel the British)

Jimmy Carter (For being the most moral president we've had and for having he courage to put human rights' at the forefront of US foreign policy)

Romeo Dallaire (For his efforts to save children in 3rd world countries after his experience as a UN force commander in Rwanda)

Susan B Anthony (For leading the movement for woman's rights when it was unpopular to do so)

Paul Wellstone (One of the few politicians recently who had the courage to stand up for what they believed in.)

That's... Nice, I think...

I congratulate you on getting an older woman.

You are now my hero. :p
oookay,
if you are being serious, then I am "flattered"

Why Malcolm X is a hero. He is the personification of everything that is truly great and aweful about America. He rose from the being a ward of the state to being a successful criminal based on his drive and intelligence and the limited opportunities afforded him. He was finally caught he remade himself into a better man while in jail he was reborn from Boston Red to Malcolm X and worked tirelessly for the empowerment of the Black man, he then when shown a better way again while on the haj he was reborn a second time remade again this time working for the betterment of just the "Natural Black Man" but for all mankind. Here was a man who reborn not once not even twice but 3 time each time become a greater person. He is a challenge to all men of every color to become better, to put aside old evil ways and embrace truth and tolerance. If he is not a hero then there no heros.



Everyone in Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, etc.

The Generals of the South, good guys, if slightly misguided.

Anyone who hates the Klan.

The NRA.

Any American Veteran of any war.

Everyone who deserves to be called a hero.

Ok, now that that's over with, how the hell can you call Malcom X a hero, unless we're thinking of different Malcom X's?

Otto Von Bismark...Whoooo. The man who enabled Germany to be the leader Power in Europe and third in world. Go Otto!!!!
Seconded - but: Third? Britain alone would've gotten its arse kicked, and even the US, had it not been on the other side of the world.
How would you think the third strongest could've fought and almost won a two-front war against the (presumably) first, fourth and fifth strongest nations?

Hey Germany...Lets try not to start another world war, yeah?
Germany didn't start WWI...

I make this Post in Honor of President Ronald Reagan, who loved America his native land, and Nancy Reagan
for they loved and love each other deeply.

President George H W Bush, The Father,
President George W Bush and
President Jeb Bush 2008.

I was amazed by the topic poster, lisitng a great deal of my heros o_o

Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and of course my favorite John Stuart Mill round off the enlightenment and subsequent movements. Mill's essays "On Liberty" and the "Subjection of Women" are in my opinion the finest examples of the proper application of modern liberal political theory.

Machiavelli for creating the two greatest works on government in the history of humankind. "The Prince" and his republican effort "Discourses on Livy".

Chesty Puller, Carlos Hatchcock, Jean-Paul Jones, and John Glenn from a more martial standpoint. Speaking of martial how can I forget Bruce Lee and of course Wong Fei-Hung.

Marcus Aurelius and Socrates from the classical eras.

Next the heroes of the Risorgimento: Mazzini, Cavour, and Garibaldi.

Last but not least: My brothers in the Corps - Semper Fi!!

Jesus Christ, J.F.K., Mark Tremonti, and Homer Simpson (lol).

Who are your main heroes?

My Maine Hero is Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. (http://www.us-civilwar.com/chamberlain.htm)

Umm, lets see... can we include fictional characters if they embody what I would desire to be?

Charles de Gaulle, Dalai Lama XIV, and Big Bird :)

Malcolm X
John Lennon
Pedro Sanchez
Your Mom

That's about it.

Ok, now that that's over with, how the hell can you call Malcom X a hero, unless we're thinking of different Malcom X's?

There's only one Malcolm X.

We know him now as El Hajj Malik.

Maybe you should study up on him. He was a great man.

Very rare is the General who deserves be called a hero and far fewer politicians. Common soldiers are certainly put into heroic situations by Generals who had politicians in turn put them into their desperate situation.

I’m not big on hero worship of any kind, but there are some people who deserve respect:

Terry Fox, Superman, and Snoopy come to mind.

I admire Charles de Gaulle tremendously, and the reason is best summed up by someone else whose name I don't remember.

"France didn't contain Charles de Gaulle; de Gaulle contained France."

I think this is very true, and allowed him to give France back a measure of its pride after WW2. In my mind's eye, France was an inflated balloon before WW2, and then Nazi Germany deflated it. De Gaulle blew France back up and strived hard to make it a significant world power in the post-war era. While being American makes it hard for me to support some of de Gaulle's more audacious actions during a Cold War, I admire him because he wasn't afraid to do as much as he could to make France great again. :D

Oh yeah, Queen Silvia is a good gal, too. :)

Of Sweden? No!

Hathcock was shafted he got a silver star but he deserved a Navy Cross


Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and of course my favorite John Stuart Mill round off the enlightenment and subsequent movements. Mill's essays "On Liberty" and the "Subjection of Women" are in my opinion the finest examples of the proper application of modern liberal political theory.

Machiavelli for creating the two greatest works on government in the history of humankind. "The Prince" and his republican effort "Discourses on Livy".

Chesty Puller, Carlos Hatchcock, Jean-Paul Jones, and John Glenn from a more martial standpoint. Speaking of martial how can I forget Bruce Lee and of course Wong Fei-Hung.

Marcus Aurelius and Socrates from the classical eras.

Next the heroes of the Risorgimento: Mazzini, Cavour, and Garibaldi.

Last but not least: My brothers in the Corps - Semper Fi!!

None. Heroes are for the weak. For those who cannot stand on their own, but require a crutch to aspire to something. I aspire to be a better me. What more do I need?

a benchmark against which to compare your growth: a hero.

Which people do you admire most?
For various reasons, not always in tune with my politics:

Michael Servetus
Machaivelli
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
Don B. Kates
Ken Hamblin (the "Black Avenger")
Gerry Spence
Hunter Thompson
g.gordon liddy
Steven Levitt
Ron Paul