It’s been a really long time since my last theme week. So long, in fact, that I forgot I even did theme weeks. (One of these days I need to figure out how to organize all of those into the side-bar.) So I’m doing another one. About my heroes. There’s a couple reasons for this. The first is that I have to occasionally force myself to look at the good in humans. (This is one of those times.) The other is that I’ve noticed a strange trend on various people’s online profiles. When they’re asked who their heroes or idols are, they often claim not to have any. I think that’s sad.
I don’t know if it’s an underhanded way of saying that they’re the greatest people who ever lived, if it’s some sort of cynical cool thing, where even great people have to be brought low. Maybe looking up makes people feel demeaned. For my part, looking down makes me feel demeaned and I need to occasionally look up. I need heroes so that I can take their actions as guides in how to conduct my life.
I understand that my idols are, for the most part, humans and that no one is perfect, but this isn’t about looking at their bad sides. There’s only so much you can learn from doing that. It’s about looking at their good sides. So you shouldn’t be too shocked by the appearance of Adolph Hitler, Karl Rove and Joseph Stalin. Sorry, just fucking with you. Those are anti-heroes.
Anyway, I should mention that they’re in no particular order. I don’t have a top hero any more than I have a top friend. I don’t even know how to rank things like that. Maybe it should be by how much money they make.
