13th October 2004, 9:17 AM
Honestly, I wouldn't say he's a hero because he survived. Hero means dedicating yourself to OTHERS, which I guess he later did... Meaning you know, um, something. I'm just saying the word hero doesn't apply to people who, albeit bravely, struggle to survive, it's the ones strugglinating so others survive, which this guy did apparently...
I dunno, it's been all over the news so I've learned about someone I never even knew about before.
I dunno, it's been all over the news so I've learned about someone I never even knew about before.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)