A hero who become a criminal is a hero or a criminal?
By bulastika
@bulastika (5966)
Philippines
August 27, 2010 9:08pm CST
I just want to ask one thing.
You are a hero fireman. You save 500 people in a burning hotel. Half of your body get burned. Now your country give you medal and honor but nothing more. You can't work as a fireman anymore because of the injuries. Your benefits is not enough to send your children to school.
Now your asking yourself.
Is it worth it?
Medals and honor cant' feed your family.
You ask your corrupt government for assistance but nothing came.
Now because of frustration you go to former firehouse office.
Set it fire and kill your fellow fireman who abandon you.
And you yourself get burned and die.
Now are you still a hero?
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9 responses
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
28 Aug 10
Absolutely not! You have just negated all the good you have done in your past. Many people don't get a fair deal in life but they don't all go on a killing spree of innocent people.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
28 Aug 10
There is a justice system that one can use if they feel that they have not been treated fairly.
Killing other firemen is not the way to handle a personal dispute. These fireman and their families and friends that will be permanently damaged by this action have nothing to do with the problem. They are innocent!
Remember there is a higher justice system that is headed by God himself. He will eventually have justice done. Not one of us will be treated unjustly in the highest court.
Notice how God wants us to respond to injustice:
Romans 12:17-21 (New International Version)
17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. 18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. 19 Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay,"says the Lord. 20 On the contrary:
"If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head." 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
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@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
28 Aug 10
Then if you are the fireman what will you do after your government and fellow firemen abandon you? After doing your part the government and the institution you serve forget about you. simply because you are so costly to maintain? And you are burned out and incapable to return to duty?
You will just set down and feel sorry to yourself?
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@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
29 Aug 10
Bible is for our soul. But we are still on earth. With out defiance we have no freedom like we have today. If we just follow the bible blindly then what will happen to darwin theory? Because its all against what is written in the bible.
Without defiance we are still ruled by queen and kings.
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@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
28 Aug 10
I totally agree. But who will prosecute the government? They are the government in the first place. And you can't pin point only to one person. Because its the whole government culture that is corrupt.
@Thorn679 (111)
• United States
28 Aug 10
We no one at the moment. If this was in American then the people, but in recent years it seems that people here have forgoten the powerful phrase "We hte people" and where it comes from and so they let the government walk all over them. I recently watched an interesting video these day and it's very informative. You can find it on youtube, it's called The Secret of Oz.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
29 Aug 10
I think the people are the government. Our government act this way because we the people let them act this way. gone are the days that we voice out and government listen. Today government is deaf. And if we do some stir. Government say we violate the rules and go to jail.
@chenxiaoyue_713 (2165)
• China
28 Aug 10
One unfairness about people is that they seldom want to remember your good deed in the past. In contrast, whenever you made mistakes, they immediately define you as a bad person, even though you did it out of helplessness. A former hero, once commits crimes, is never regarded as a hero again. His former good deeds are completely negated by his evil deeds. So you may as well forget all about him because you'll never find it reasonable to define his character.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
30 Aug 10
I agree. But theirs still something we can do. help his family. And help ourself by changing our government. No matter how corrupt a government is. Its still answerable to the people. And people can change the government for the betterment of the people.
@SHAMRACK (8576)
• India
28 Aug 10
Dear friend,
I fettl it is the mind that control a person's act. Moreover it is cirucumstance and situations that make and change a person. If the government could give a better help to this person, he could had gone well. It becomes as if use and throw. Even if it is too late now I feel due to mental imbalance this has occured, if the government still ignores that could be bad, he has to be reformed to a better way. In my place the law punishes the innocent and nourishes the crimnals. Those rich can buy law.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
30 Aug 10
Yeah. That is totally true. I think its better if the government must first have true reform. In third world countries. The government is corrupt in inept because the people tolerate it also. If we want change in our government we must try to do something. We must try to change also.
@nkfengshan (33)
• China
28 Aug 10
system criminal.
A hero would become a criminal under bad system.
A criminal would bceome a hero under good system.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
30 Aug 10
A criminal will be forever be a criminal even with a good system. But a criminal will become a hero under bad system becuase they can buy the system.
No matter what we do and what we thing. breaking a law is not an excuse. But trying to prevent crime to happen is different thing.
@juggerogre (1653)
• Philippines
29 Aug 10
He was a hero but not anymore. A real hero won't do anything bad especially killing other people. There is no valid reason to do something inhuman as that. So when a hero became a criminal he is just a plain criminal.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
30 Aug 10
Is being betrayed by the institution you serve is not valid reason?
If the corrupt government give to him the benefits he deserve will he turn into a criminal? If his fellow firemen who he serve with instead of pocketing the allowance intended to him give the money to him will this going to happen?
The only reason he become a criminal is because of the corrupt system of the government. Its the government who is the criminal in here. And believe me. Many more like him will arise.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
28 Aug 10
So. that simple? Forget that he save 500 people before. Forget that his government abandon him. Forget that his fellow fireman abandon him. And just focus on what he do now. just focus that he burn his fellow fireman just to show to his fellow fireman what its feel to be burn.
@bloemart (222)
• Philippines
28 Aug 10
For me he is still a hero. But we caught him in red hand, unfortunately, he had a dose of his own medicine. you were a hero. people rewarded you from being one. So now he committed a crime no matter what the reason was. You have to pay for it. No one should be excused from the crime. No matter who you are, hero, priest, president or relatives. you must be in prison.
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
29 Aug 10
Its funny when we are in trouble or if theirs things that we can't do about it we really on God's help. God only help people who help them self. If your government is corrupt no prayers can lighten our corrupt government. Only us the people can. But if we have no will to change our government their will be more people like him.
