Context is everything. There are certain conditions under which thinking slows to the point that words may issue forth faster than the synapses fire ...
I have been playing a lot of Splinter Cell recently; I was walking down the street the other day and I saw an air conditioning grate and immediately thought about crawling into it ...
I wouldn't regard Smeagol as a willing hero (sure, he was a reluctant hero: moreover a unknowing and unmeaning hero); Frodo didn't really sacrifice much (except his optimistic worldview, ancestral home, lifelong friends, na
Not you.
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oooo...that's just embarresing for meta.
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Not my fault people aren't following netiquette and posting the topics they are replying to when replying; I was just being sociable: no burnies for me (as I don't even know who Maximilian Pegasus is; I just googled and guessed, heretofore known as g&g).
Besides:
My wings are like a shield of steel!
Well, it also underscores goodness of character: anybody can be a winner if one allows cheating and selfishness; it takes a real hero to pay the ultimate sacrifice for others, especially when they are not personally at risk without consciously stepping in harm's way.