Your hero?

[It's Snake Pliskin]

Who is your hero? Is it someone vaguely foreign or someone indigenous?

Tom Cruise what an inspiration.

 

[Bobby]

Charles Darwin , he had guts & scientific proof to challenge the :bs: that religion had peddled for centuries

 

[Julia]

Who is your hero? Is it someone vaguely foreign or someone indigenous?

Tom Cruise what an inspiration.

Tom Cruise? Are you serious?

 

[Wysiwyg]

Tom Cruise? Are you serious?

Hold on now. He is an O.T. 7 and is extremely ummm ... powerful.

 

[Trevor_S]

Who is your hero?

Dr Ian Fraser

but there are a plethora of others

 

[Mr J]

I would have described him more as a plague upon mankind.

 

[kincella]

myself...apart from me, I cannot think of anyone that I admire more

 

[MRC & Co]

Tom Cruise? Are you serious?

ROLFMAO, that's what I thought! Sorry Snake.

 

[Sean K]

ROLFMAO, that's what I thought! Sorry Snake.

Yes, TC is my hero too!

After he, maybe Siddharta and then Ghandi.

 

[tech/a]

Literally bumped into him in a Store in Aspen Colorado too!!

 

[Wysiwyg]

Literally bumped into him in a Store in Aspen Colorado too!!

Doesn`t look like he was happy with you taking his photo.

 

[Boggo]

As far as a genuine indigenous Australian I think that Vincent Lingiari would have to be an outstanding example of anyone's hero.

Bear in mind that he stood up to be counted long before the white ambulance chasing lawyers saw big dollars in promoting the aboriginal "cause".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Lingiari

Just my

 

[It's Snake Pliskin]

Tom Cruise? Are you serious?

Yes, I see the good in both sexes Julia.

 

[It's Snake Pliskin]

As far as a genuine indigenous Australian I think that Vincent Lingiari would have to be an outstanding example of anyone's hero.

Bear in mind that he stood up to be counted long before the white ambulance chasing lawyers saw big dollars in promoting the aboriginal "cause".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Lingiari

Just my

Boggo,

By indigenous I mean that whom is born here. I wasn't being racist to differentiate by colour or ancestral race - just to clarify.

 

[It's Snake Pliskin]

Literally bumped into him in a Store in Aspen Colorado too!!

He's cool isn't he Tech?

 

[It's Snake Pliskin]

My female hero is Holly Valance.

 

[Boggo]

Boggo,

By indigenous I mean that whom is born here. I wasn't being racist to differentiate by colour or ancestral race - just to clarify.

Sorry Snake, the word actually triggered my thoughts on Vincent Lingiari so I went on that tangent without thinking in the broader sense.

Cheers

 

[Julia]

I can't see why any celebrity is a 'hero' unless they have distinguished themselves in some other capacity.

The true heroes imo are those people who go into a burning house to save someone they don't even know, risking their own lives. Ditto saving someone from drowning.

And the unacknowledged thousands of parents who bring up children with severe disabilities, receiving little help or support from governments or the community.

 

[Boggo]

I can't see why any celebrity is a 'hero' unless they have distinguished themselves in some other capacity.

My thoughts exactly Julia, if we start thinking of actors and singers etc as heroes then I think we are losing the plot.

Victor Chan and and the late Fred Hollows are two fine Australian examples from the medical profession that are more like heroes than some couch jumping devil dodging yank that may appeal to masses in the daily turnover of crap magazines.

 

[It's Snake Pliskin]

I can't see why any celebrity is a 'hero' unless they have distinguished themselves in some other capacity.

The true heroes imo are those people who go into a burning house to save someone they don't even know, risking their own lives. Ditto saving someone from drowning.

And the unacknowledged thousands of parents who bring up children with severe disabilities, receiving little help or support from governments or the community.

Good points Julia. But nobody knows them and convention amongst the media and society is to ignore them and grlorify the successful in terms of income and stature etc. I completely agree with you.