Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!skynet.be!skynet.be!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!yahoobb218120102020.bbtec.NET!not-for-mail From: Eric Takabayashi Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Gentlemen, I may have found the most ironic story yet Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 05:14:22 +0900 Lines: 52 Message-ID: <3FA95A1D.C63B841F@yahoo.co.jp> References: <3FA90F23.B91DB20B@yahoo.co.jp> <289iqvca289gh2vdh9he1ac0qrs43mfvhf@4ax.com> <1cbqb.1080$S06.30068@news.uswest.net> <3FA9512F.FFFC266E@yahoo.co.jp> <7ucqb.1091$S06.36232@news.uswest.net> Reply-To: etakajp@yahoo.co.jp NNTP-Posting-Host: yahoobb218120102020.bbtec.net (218.120.102.20) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-2022-jp; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1068063410 47183212 218.120.102.20 (16 [138107]) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 (Macintosh; U; PPC) X-Accept-Language: ja,en Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:7339 Bryce wrote: > "Eric Takabayashi" wrote in message > news:3FA9512F.FFFC266E@yahoo.co.jp... > > Bryce wrote: > > > > > > >EMT? > > > > > > > > Emergency Medical Technician. A paramedic, in other words. You know, > > > > one of the people who crewed the ambulance which came and tried to > > > > rescue her retarded ass. > > > > > > O yeah, all those "Insta-Heros" from 9-11. You know, the firemen and > EMT's. > > > > No, I did not have that in mind. > > > > They're heroes anyway. > > What about the garbageman that picks up our garbage everyday permitting our > neighborhoods from succumbing to disease and hundreds of people dying, > putting his life on the line because at any time he could get pricked by a > needle or bit by a diseased rat? No, and they don't keep that in mind. Even Japanese police do not necessarily have a large risk factor. JSDF personnel even less. So now, another generation of Americans is learning the hard way that joining the military is not simply a way to pay for school, gain a skill, travel, or earn money, and among themselves, anyway, many probably regret being there now or joining up, particularly the reservists who've had to leave regular jobs as well as their loved ones for an untold duration. And as last time in the Gulf, I feel sorry for such people. Officers again insist that recruits know the risks upon enlisting. I doubt they realized it would occur so soon or frequently. > Is he too, then, not a hero? And if he is, > then isn't anyone in any job or industry a hero? No. By the way, when I've lived through UPW strikes as a child, or simply had too much or the wrong kind of trash to put curbside, I've taken trash to the landfill or collection site myself. I walked though and on top of such heaps of trash, as well, before people thought of such things. Even the people of Smoky Mountain appear to think food and money, before the real health risks they face. > If this is so, we need to come up with a different idea of what a hero is, > because it is way, way overused. It is. But not for people who knowingly put their lives on the line on a regular basis with the express intention of trying to save the lives of others. Even taxi driver, one of the highest risk jobs in the US by number of annual deaths, does not expressly entail that.