[url]http://www.wimp.com/subwayhero/[/url]
Makes me feel :unsmith: that there are still good people in the world like this who would throw their lives on the line to save somebody they don't even know.
My heart has been warmed significantly.
You know what? What this man did was stupid. He had 2 kids he needed to look after and he truly risked his own life jumping onto the tracks. He can't have known he'd have missed the train if he laid on top of that guy and held him still and yet he did it anyway. Nonetheless it was amazing that he pulled it off.
It's a difficult question to ask whether he was right in doing what he did, he had alot to lose and yet the outcome of what he did saved the man's life, it forces us to question what is more important in a person; their will to be good or the goodness that comes from their actions. He was daring, heroic, yet careless. This would be the centre of an excellent philosophical discussion.
Morally what he did was right, logically what he did was batshit insane and stupid.
[QUOTE=Lightbourne;25476215]You know what? What this man did was stupid. He had 2 kids he needed to look after and he truly risked his own life jumping onto the tracks. He can't have known he'd have missed the train if he laid on top of that guy and held him still and yet he did it anyway. Nonetheless it was amazing that he pulled it off.
It's a difficult question to ask whether he was right in doing what he did, he had alot to lose and yet the outcome of what he did saved the man's life, it forces us to question what is more important in a person; their will to be good or the goodness that comes from their actions. He was daring, heroic, yet careless. This would be the centre of an excellent philosophical discussion.[/QUOTE]
You're obviously not hero material.
Im not gonna lie, I was thinking about a Sandwich when I read the title.
[QUOTE=Lightbourne;25476215]You know what? What this man did was stupid. He had 2 kids he needed to look after and he truly risked his own life jumping onto the tracks. He can't have known he'd have missed the train if he laid on top of that guy and held him still and yet he did it anyway. Nonetheless it was amazing that he pulled it off.
It's a difficult question to ask whether he was right in doing what he did, he had alot to lose and yet the outcome of what he did saved the man's life, it forces us to question what is more important in a person; their will to be good or the goodness that comes from their actions. He was daring, heroic, yet careless. This would be the centre of an excellent philosophical discussion.[/QUOTE]
He has something I doubt you could ever make manifest: Courage. Sure, he had everything to lose, but in the end he saved another man's life and was able to stay with his kids. Stop trying so hard to sound like wisdom comes out of your every orifice.
[QUOTE=TAU!;25476842]He has something I doubt you could ever make manifest: Courage. Sure, he had everything to lose, but in the end he saved another man's life and was able to stay with his kids. Stop trying so hard to sound like wisdom comes out of your every orifice.[/QUOTE]
It hardly takes much effort to question things like this, it only takes effort to answer it. "Was is right" is a basic philosophical question to ask as one must define what something must be in order to be "right". Is something "right" because of the outcome of its actions or would it have been "right" of the man to act based on the potential livelihood of his children if he were to have died trying to save a stranger.
Also wisdom does not come from those asking the questions so you probably should factor that into your replies when you next decide to look uneducated.
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[QUOTE=Mr.Dounut;25476429]You're obviously not hero material.[/QUOTE]
Maybe, maybe not, but it would be inept and rash of you to decide such a thing from a forum post.
And, as an interesting side note, the concept of heroism is something that has fuelled the actions of many in the past due to the fact that successful heroism leads to great self-worth and fame. However does this make it an apt way to live life? Many would call the addicted gambler, one who bets it all chasing after the greatest win, crazy and yet most would not say the same for the man who lives the life of a hero.
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