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Favourite historical hero?

Discussion in 'Alley of Dangerous Angles' started by Jesper898, Oct 9, 2002.

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    Who is your favourite historical hero(es)?

    Mine is definately William WAllace :D
     
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    Braveheart 4-ever! Well Iam not sure, but I will say che Guevara, because its 35 years since he was murdered.
     
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    Who is William Wallace? Braveheart?
    Che Guevara couldn't stop fighting, therefore he's none of my heroes.
    Mine is Gisli Sursson. You'll say who's Gisli Sursson...

    [ October 10, 2002, 00:32: Message edited by: Oblate ]
     
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    [​IMG] Mine is Frodo :rolleyes: :D ............oh fine, then it's William Wallace and Joan of Arc.
     
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    I'd say Jesus, Confucius, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.

    Well, maybe they're not heroes in the sense of warfare.
     
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    [​IMG] Peter Francisco...wielded a six foot claymore in the revolutionary war. Eleven dead, I believe.
     
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    Hmmmm, m most recent hero is Kurt Cobain, my oldest hero('s) is Les Paul and Chet Atkins.... Yes, I'm a music freak, I wonder how many music freaks are left in the world, at school their are six of us....
     
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    All things considered, I'm gonna have to go with Patton.

    The guy could be as crude as any sailor or south-central LA'er, then turn right around and lecture the Pope on the Evils of our Time.

    Most of the "heros" had a boundary that they would not go below.

    *snicker*

    Patton suffered from no such boundaries...
     
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    I agree with C'Jacob ... Martin Luther King, Gandhi and Malcolm X, who all tried fighting without violence. Sadly they were also all assassinated.
     
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    William Wallace (best movie I ever seen, nr 1 on my top 5 best movie list and that one is lemonated baby!!)
     
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    William of Nassau (Willem van Nassau)
    The founding father of the Netherlands. Also assassinated.

    Anne Frank. An other SSNated. I can call her a hero.

    Jesus, betrayled.
     
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    William Wallace, by far. Oh Christopher Colombus found America, Wallace mooned his enemies!
     
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    [​IMG] I think mine may be Augustus Caesar or Napolean. Maybe Benjamin Franklin.

    By the way, Leif Erickson found America first!

    Happy Leif Erickson Day!!! ;)
     
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    William Wallace :( Mel Gibson and his racist film making have a lot to answear for.

    Oh well, I don't have any real heroes anymore but ones that capture my imagination include Thomas Edward Lawrence. Though you'll probably know him better as Lawrence of Arabia. I loved the fact that he basically hated war and especially what it made him discover about himself yet forced himself to become an amazing leader and warrior. His quest to remain relatively anonymous is also appealing. For more infor, look here:

    http://www.lawrenceofarabia.info/life/biog.htm

    Douglas Bader is another who's story I find inspirational. For those who don't know he was a leading fighter pilot, Wing Commander and frequent escapere from prisoner of war camps in WWII. He did all this without the benefit of legs. For more info see here:

    http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/bader/bader.htm

    Finally, I've always admired Niki Lauda for his achievements and especially for gettiing back and being so competitive so soon after having the last rites read over him. For more info see here:

    http://www.geocities.com/puckusa/Nikki-Lauda-Page.html

    I guess a theme of the ones above is that they are all from more recent times and so I can realte to and have some understanding of what they did.

    PS if you've never watched Lawrence of Arabia I fully recommend the fairly recent DVD edition.
     
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    Braveheart... with an Americanised Australian Scottish clan leader?

    Hmm, the film IS entertaining, but please don't think of it exactly as a documentary. It isn't.

    I can't believe no-one has mentioned quite possibly the worlds greatest living hero - Nelson Mandela. What a guy!

    Others that haven't been given an honourable mention yet: Winston Churchill, Thomas Alva Edison, The Hero's of Telemark..... ;)

    [ October 10, 2002, 14:27: Message edited by: Viking ]
     
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    Viking, the keyword is historical, or is Mandela in your eyes a walking mummie??

    My heroes are Gandhi and Malcolm X, you know why
     
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    Dunno if they are heroes but I have always had a thing for the dictatorical and tyrannical military leaders of histories, especially the succesful ones. First and foremost Alexander and Gajus Julius Caesar as they basicly walked over any enemy standing in their way. I really like Napoleon as well mostly because he is the only person I have ever heard of that have concquered an entire nation just by sheer force of will and personal charisma. His return from Elba must be histories coolest comeback :D
     
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    Jesus
     
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    [​IMG] Jack Funk - Are you really Mathetais in disguise?!?!?!? :p ;)
     
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    I know Braveheart isnt historically accurate(my favourite movie though :D ) But i like Wallace because i have read about him too.
     
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