Heros and Not

When someone does their job well we call them diligent, efficient, a good worker, dedicated, an arse kisser, and a number of other employee related nouns. Our media and the powers that be are more and more commonly starting to call them heroes.

A hero is someone who risks their life to save others. If it is your job to do this, e.g. a rescue worker then when they do this they are just doing their job unless they have gone above and beyond their duty. A hero is someone someone who has given their life that another might be saved. Rescue workers are taught not to place their own lives in peril to effect a rescue.

If a batsman saves a Test Match they are not a hero they just did their job. The media is cheapening the word hero so that real heroes are marginalised. There is a fine line between an idiot and a hero, the idiot fails where the hero succeeds.