Heros and Idols

[bansheemourning]

How about going in a different direction & writing about a "personal" hero instead of a political one? I personally think it is more powerful to write about someone who has directly influenced you in your life than a famous person who's actions can only be determined by their outcomes instead of personal knowledge of the reasons behind those actions. My personal hero is my dad. He was never rich or famous, but he made a difference in every life he touched. He died this past year, but he still touches others with the poetry he wrote & published online. now thats a hero.check out his site http://benzpage.com/ My family is trying to continue the site but it's a little out of date.  

[Silly_Doll]

bansheemourning

How about going in a different direction & writing about a "personal" hero instead of a political one? I personally think it is more powerful to write about someone who has directly influenced you in your life than a famous person who's actions can only be determined by their outcomes instead of personal knowledge of the reasons behind those actions. My personal hero is my dad. He was never rich or famous, but he made a difference in every life he touched. He died this past year, but he still touches others with the poetry he wrote & published online. now thats a hero.check out his site http://benzpage.com/ My family is trying to continue the site but it's a little out of date.

Actually, I've already written my essay ^^;; On Ghandi... because I know a lot about him, and I was too scared to write about something I didn't completely know about.

But you're right, most of us young'uns have no idea how much our parents love us (generally speaking, I know that many children come from loveless parents) until we have kids of our own. I know that if my parents were able to do this, they would have faught in every single war in all of humanity, if it meant that my siblings and myself would never experience suffering in our days. Our parent's are the unsung heros.  

[Loki Iago]

Susan B. Anthony: amazing feminist who helped us be able to vote
Gerard Way: sXe star who I relate to on an arse-load of levels
Peter Gabriel: never sold out *cough*Phil Collins*cough*
Noel Fielding: amazing hilarious  

[Angelic_nightmare90]

Elizabeth Bordon. She hacked her parents to death, became rich, and never got caught. lol 3nodding blaugh biggrin  

[Silly_Doll]

craigs_angel_princess

Elizabeth Bordon. She hacked her parents to death, became rich, and never got caught. lol 3nodding blaugh biggrin

stare Maybe if you had read the primary post and understood that I wanted REAL heros, not idols, you wouldn't have said something that... I'll just say off topic to be nice.  

[The Dadalorian]

ghandi FTW!!!  

[Silly_Doll]

Chaos A.D.

ghandi FTW!!!

Hell yes! I mean... can you really say anything BAD about him and mean it? And if you mean it, can you say anything bad about him and NOT look like a complete close-minded idiot?  

[Rellik San]

Silly_Doll

Chaos A.D.

ghandi FTW!!!

Hell yes! I mean... can you really say anything BAD about him and mean it? And if you mean it, can you say anything bad about him and NOT look like a complete close-minded idiot?

Ermmm... I could say a few bad things about him, given the highlight of Civ4 for me was playing bongo's on his head after crushing his nation.  

[Myon Telum]

Rellik San

As was Hannibal, Calligula, some could even argue Hitler was, depending on how far to the left or right you are.

This one intrigued me, with Hitler it depends on how you look at it.
A. hes a homocidle maniac with a fetish to jew blood
B.He was a great man who was power corrupted and placed his opinions first

I ironically being british vote with B, think about this before he went a lil loopy his main objective was to take down the worlds worst real enemy, the illuminaté.  

[Rellik San]

Myon Telum

Rellik San

As was Hannibal, Calligula, some could even argue Hitler was, depending on how far to the left or right you are.

This one intrigued me, with Hitler it depends on how you look at it.
A. hes a homocidle maniac with a fetish to jew blood
B.He was a great man who was power corrupted and placed his opinions first

I ironically being british vote with B, think about this before he went a lil loopy his main objective was to take down the worlds worst real enemy, the illuminaté.

Just so happened, he was approached by the German Socialist party (nazi's) and he happened to agree with their idea's also.  

[TheOriginalNonEmo]

Silly_Doll

TheOriginalNonEmo

If you are going to metion Karl Marx then why not Engels, who wrote significant amounts with and for him, or Lenin, or Trotsky, or Liebknecht or Luxembourg or any other famous/infamous Marxist? Personality cults within communism should be avoided at ALL costs.

What exactly do you mean by "cults within communism?"

Oh, and I wouldn't write about them because while (in theory) they were Marxist... Karl Marx is pretty much the FATHER of communism. He came up with the idea, he put his words to writing, he started a movement. They all just... followed his teachings and tweaked his ideals a wee bit to fit their ideals.

not just cults personality cults and by that i meant that, communist firgures like Che Guevara, or indeed Marx are lauded ot the extent that their image has become more important than their writings or, their philosophy. And this in turn means that thei image permeates pop culture and devalues their beliefs etc which should be avoided at all costs.