[ExI] Heroism without self-sacrifice

[Damien Broderick]

At 09:07 AM 3/8/2008 -0800, Lee wrote:

>It's an abuse of language, for example, to describe a father as
>heroic who raised eight children all by himself after his wife's death.

I vehemently disagree. It's a completely justifiable and 
understandable extension of usage from the mythic or legendary realm 
to the actual world of humanity.

Damien Broderick