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March 17, 1861 The Hero

I believe that the time elapsed from the declarations of the bishop of Padua, Antonio Mattiazzo, is sufficient to deal with a certain serenity an issue as sensitive as the one raised by the bishop euganeo.
Bishop says, in a nutshell, that's not really the case to rise to the rank of heroes fallen soldiers during the so-called missions peace not least, continues the high priest, that is not just with the weapons they export the peace.
And, on this matter, one can not give some wrong: to say thank you self-righteous hypocrisy of those who wanted to give it a shot and a circle of the barrel, to please everyone and no one at the same time, he understood that It certainly can be defined as "close to the military."
Less simple, however, is refuted on the ground of the term "hero" for the simple fact that you first need to agree on the meaning to be given to the term. Certainly not
we are talking about the 'classic hero which then was a real god, able to perform extraordinary feats, far beyond the possibilities of any mortal, nor can we speak of the Homeric (like Hector, to be clear and pardon the immodesty!), capable of putting all his energy at the disposal of an Idea (for example, the Homeland), to the voluntary and conscious sacrifice of life. But, in this category, covers not only the ancient warrior destined to a bloody end, however glorious they truly belong to all those great title also known to have expanded (even at the risk of skin) the horizons of knowledge, such as great explorers, scientists, explorers.
Nowadays, immune to their rhetoric of Romanticism and the future, I think we may glorify hero as anyone who is found to sacrifice their lives as a result of a single-action, however, aware of the danger of which was-to save others lives or for the protection of certain values.
On the other hand, even the Saints modern, so dear to Monsignor Mattiazzo, do not face the most terrible pains unspeakable or dead, their is enough of a life lived above the rows of human pity, and 90%, that's it. So also for
heroes that, today, are no longer a "privilege" military in the sense that there is no need to fall fight to become or to be considered as such, and whoever sacrifices his own life, making the ultimate gesture that others benefit from, take your right to be called a hero.
not matter, then, if that person has lost his life to save her work colleagues or because they "jumped on a mine, maybe Italian-built" as a unilateral pacifism must have inspired our prelate: the result is that a life has been broken in the fulfillment of something they believed in! Hello
all,
Hector.