On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 11:48:16 -0800, "Bryce"
<fukuzzz@takethisout.hotmail.com> belched the alphabet and kept on
going with:

>
>"Eric Takabayashi" <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> 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? Is he too, then, not a hero? And if he is,
>then isn't anyone in any job or industry a hero? If this is so, we need to
>come up with a different idea of what a hero is, because it is way, way
>overused.

If I may take this opportunity to go off on a tangent...

Can someone explain to me why Jessica Lynch got the Bronze Star?