1983 mustve been different if the smiths ruled the airwaves.
Loyalty matters. We instinctually dislike disloyal people. My country right or wrong is a sentiment I can embrace.
But it still seems reasonable to question actions.
Is it just actions that are heroic? Can a bad man be a hero? Or is all heroism based on working for the right side?
Imagine a skyscraper in Dubai and owned operated and entirely staffed by terrorist supporters. Say we struck it with a missile and the result were similar to the plane strike on 9-11. If similar Arab rescue personnel were risking or giving their lives to save the terrorist bureaucrats, would their actions be heroic? Would we admire them in the same way?
It’s difficult to picture the tv special. Heroism disconnected from our political reality is unlikely to move us in the same way.
Is it reallythe pure abstract actions of the personnel workers that move us or are they meaningless without context?
