"Hero" seems to be the catch-all honorary, anymore. Regardless of whether they were actually a hero or more like a victim, they become a Hero. I think it's a penis thing; "victim" seems to denote helplessness or passivity, whereas hero denotes someone who comes out punching, and Americans cannot seem to stand to be anything bu tproactive, regardless of the ridiculousness of the situation.
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Date: 2006-07-18 11:01 pm (UTC)