As I was waiting for the kettle to boil at work today I was flicking through a Woman’s Day magazine.
A particular headline bother’s me greatly. “Olympic Hero Steven Bradbury something about his babies”.
For those of you who aren’t aware of Steven Bradbury, he is an Olympic speed ice-skater, whom during the previous Winter Games was coming last, yet won a gold medal as everyone else collapsed in a heap and he was the only one who stayed on their skates.
I fail to see how this makes him a hero. In fact despite Australia’s inclination to brandy anyone who one a sporting event a hero, I fail to see how any sportsmen and women are heroes. They did not save a child from a burning building, they did not let a battalion of men onto the battlefield. They did not save a life by doing a heart transplant.
All these Olympians have done to deserve the title of “Hero” is run, swim, jump, skate or kick a damn ball slightly better than everyone else.
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