“ Oregon health-care workers were stuck in a snowstorm with expiring vaccines. So, they gave shots to strangers caught i

[hal]

davester wrote:
I wouldn't call these people heroes. They were faced with a problem (expiring vaccines) and took initiative to solve it as best they could in the most obvious way available. Call them problem solvers perhaps, but this is no different than an ice cream truck's refrigerator breaking down in a traffic jam and the driver giving out the ice cream to passersby in lieu of letting it all spoil.

because we all know that ice cream has life saving properties!

[DeusxMac]

hal wrote:
[quote=davester]
I wouldn't call these people heroes. They were faced with a problem (expiring vaccines) and took initiative to solve it as best they could in the most obvious way available. Call them problem solvers perhaps, but this is no different than an ice cream truck's refrigerator breaking down in a traffic jam and the driver giving out the ice cream to passersby in lieu of letting it all spoil.

because we all know that ice cream has life saving properties!
I believe davester’s point is that their actions weren’t “heroic”; they didn’t risk their lives or even their safety, by administering the vaccine.

Smart, quick-thinking, generous, practical, efficacious; absolutely! But not “heroic”.

[mrbigstuff]

Lux Interior wrote:
Somehow, this reminds me of the guys who show up in front of your house with a truck full of furniture.

I thought of the speaker van at the mall.

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DeusxMac wrote:
[quote=hal]
[quote=davester]
I wouldn't call these people heroes. They were faced with a problem (expiring vaccines) and took initiative to solve it as best they could in the most obvious way available. Call them problem solvers perhaps, but this is no different than an ice cream truck's refrigerator breaking down in a traffic jam and the driver giving out the ice cream to passersby in lieu of letting it all spoil.

because we all know that ice cream has life saving properties!
I believe davester’s point is that their actions weren’t “heroic”; they didn’t risk their lives or even their safety, by administering the vaccine.

Smart, quick-thinking, generous, practical, efficacious; absolutely! But not “heroic”.
Webster’s.
heroics plural
a : flamboyantly boastful language or action
avoids heroics in his writing
b : courageous, noble, or self-sacrificing action or behavior : heroic action or behavior
the heroics of the civil rights movement
c : determined effort especially in the face of difficulty

Many would have stayed warm in their vehicles feeling oh so bad about a sad situation foisted upon them by Mother Nature.

These trudged through a snow storm, with the intent to do the right thing; vaccine, equipment and ambulance team in tow. Difficult circumstances, overcome by determination.

Worthy, I think, of not being parsimonious with praise.

[hal]

we sure have a lot of arguments on this forum about the definition of what a hero is.

[DeusxMac]

Blankity Blank wrote:
[quote=DeusxMac]
[quote=hal]
[quote=davester]
I wouldn't call these people heroes. They were faced with a problem (expiring vaccines) and took initiative to solve it as best they could in the most obvious way available. Call them problem solvers perhaps, but this is no different than an ice cream truck's refrigerator breaking down in a traffic jam and the driver giving out the ice cream to passersby in lieu of letting it all spoil.

because we all know that ice cream has life saving properties!
I believe davester’s point is that their actions weren’t “heroic”; they didn’t risk their lives or even their safety, by administering the vaccine.

Smart, quick-thinking, generous, practical, efficacious; absolutely! But not “heroic”.
Webster’s.
heroics plural
a : flamboyantly boastful language or action
avoids heroics in his writing
b : courageous, noble, or self-sacrificing action or behavior : heroic action or behavior
the heroics of the civil rights movement
c : determined effort especially in the face of difficulty

Many would have stayed warm in their vehicles feeling oh so bad about a sad situation foisted upon them by Mother Nature.

These trudged through a snow storm, with the intent to do the right thing; vaccine, equipment and ambulance team in tow. Difficult circumstances, overcome by determination.

Worthy, I think, of not being parsimonious with praise.
Heroic adj.
- exhibiting or marked by courage and daring
- supremely noble or self-sacrificing
- of impressive size, power, extent, or effect
- of great intensity
- of a kind that is likely only to be undertaken to save a life

And note that it was only 6 inoculations they administered.

They definitely did the right thing; worthy of praise, but it didn’t require any heroics on their part.

[hal]

A guy who is just sitting on a toilet trying to poop becomes a hero when the building he is in is knocked down by terrorists flying jets into them. Yet these people that braved the cold and discomfort to do a really good deed are merely praiseworthy.

The guy sitting on the toilet might be cheating on his wife. Might be embezzling money from his job, but is a hero.

It just ain't right.

[DeusxMac]

hal wrote:
A guy who is just sitting on a toilet trying to poop becomes a hero when the building he is in is knocked down by terrorists flying jets into them. Yet these people that braved the cold and discomfort to do a really good deed are merely praiseworthy.

The guy sitting on the toilet might be cheating on his wife. Might be embezzling money from his job, but is a hero.

It just ain't right.

[davester]

DeusxMac wrote:
[quote=hal]
[quote=davester]
I wouldn't call these people heroes. They were faced with a problem (expiring vaccines) and took initiative to solve it as best they could in the most obvious way available. Call them problem solvers perhaps, but this is no different than an ice cream truck's refrigerator breaking down in a traffic jam and the driver giving out the ice cream to passersby in lieu of letting it all spoil.

because we all know that ice cream has life saving properties!
I believe davester’s point is that their actions weren’t “heroic”; they didn’t risk their lives or even their safety, by administering the vaccine.

Smart, quick-thinking, generous, practical, efficacious; absolutely! But not “heroic”.
Exactly!