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Hero inflation
“Calling “hero” everyone killed in war, no matter the circumstances of their death, not only helps sustain the ethos of martial glory that keeps young men and women signing up to kill and die for the state, no matter the justice of the cause, but also saps the word of meaning, dishonouring the men and women of exceptional courage and valour actually worthy of the title.” Damn straight.
Mon 03 Sep 2012 at 15:10 ·
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You are reading Hero inflation, a Microlog entry by MacDara Conroy. It is filed under Current Affairs, and was published in September 2012.
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