Have you got a Hero and who is it?

Da Shins Kelly · 29-06-2011 01:29AM

It'd have to be Snoop Dogg.

AskMyChocolate · 29-06-2011 01:43AM

charlemont wrote: »

Dan Breen.

Saved my grandfather's life in 1922 when Ernie O'Malley held a gun to his head in an effort to stop him posting his papers for election. Tricky confused times. Both Dan Breen and Ernie O'Malley, were anti-treaty irregulars, while my grandfather was a pro-treaty trade unionist and one of James Connolly's men.

At least none of them were in it for the money. My grandfather went on to spend thirty-five years in the Dail and worked tirelessly behind the scenes,under the radar, in a cross-party capacity (because there was still a lot of animosity) with men like Gerry Sweetman,Dick Mulcahy, William Norton and Sean Lemass to try to build this country. They put their differences behind them in the interests of the country.

Bord Na Mona, ESB, Coillte, The Sugar Company, The IDA; all established in far more difficult times while there were still a lot of raw wounds.

Now, all the jewels are to go to the IMF and Peter Sutherland's knackers, because there isn't a shred of patriotism, integrity, or courage left in Leinster House.:(

grenache · 29-06-2011 02:22AM

Michael Collins (RIP). Militaristic genius and the reason we now exist as an independent state. The real father of this country.

Brian Clough (RIP) - The most entertaining and brilliant manager. So much so they made a film about him. Preached good flowing football and his players were always so well disciplined. What he achieved with Forest and Derby was nothing short of incredible.

Bryan Ferry - he's 64 now, and he's still cooler than most rock stars half his age.

AskMyChocolate · 29-06-2011 05:37AM

grenache wrote: »

Michael Collins (RIP). Militaristic genius and the reason we now exist as an independent state. The real father of this country.

Brian Clough (RIP) - The most entertaining and brilliant manager. So much so they made a film about him. Preached good flowing football and his players were always so well disciplined. What he achieved with Forest and Derby was nothing short of incredible.

Bryan Ferry - he's 64 now, and he's still cooler than most rock stars half his age.

Did you manage to score tickets for the free gig in Waterford for the Tall Ships Race festival? I believe they're like gold-dust. I heard he hasn't been well. It would be better if he cancelled, but, you're right, a pretty cool dude.

Tubsandtiles · 29-06-2011 05:53AM

eco2live wrote: »

My hero is Christopher McCandless. The Movie "Into the Wild" was made about him. I completely understand him and where he was coming from.

So who is your Hero and why?

Great movie

jaykhunter · 29-06-2011 05:53AM

ballsymchugh wrote: »

bret the hitman hart.

how anyone could come back in a fight against razor ramone, after the beating he'd been taking for the first 90% of the fight and win is beyond me.
the ref was lifting his hand and it kept falling from lack of energy. on the third and final go, he just managed to stop it hitting the canvas and got up and beat razor ramone.

met him at electric picnic a few years ago too. complete sound head.

Ha, that's awesome. I didn't realise he'd be in town lol. What did u chat about? Anything interesting to say?

Mine's The Rock. He was my hero since he turned into a bad guy in 1997. Immensely talented, charming and whoops everyones ass. I got annoyed when everyone else jumped on the bandwagon a year later (lol!) But I initially projected self-confidence by channeling him. Not that keen on him since he left wrestling

grenache · 29-06-2011 05:58AM

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

Did you manage to score tickets for the free gig in Waterford for the Tall Ships Race festival? I believe they're like gold-dust. I heard he hasn't been well. It would be better if he cancelled, but, you're right, a pretty cool dude.

I really wanted to go but it's clashing with the Limerick v Wexford hurling qualifer which i am keen to attend. He's actually playing here again in August in an outdoor festival near Bray, i can't remember the name of the castle where it's taking place. I hope to attend that. Saw Roxy Music at Electric Picnic last year and thought they were excellent.

Greentopia · 29-06-2011 08:59AM

Not sure I'd call him a hero but Donegal man Mark Boyle-the Moneyless Man and founder of the Freeconomy is someone I admire. Sound guy.
I don't agree with all his views but I admire his high principles and the fact that he's managed to live a full and interesting life for over 2 years with no income whatsoever.

I admire anyone who has the courage to live completely by their principles and tries to make a change for the better in this world.

Similarly this guy-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VikydtiYQ0M
Naryanan Krishnann-a truly inspirational human being.

Dan133269 · 29-06-2011 09:02AM

Morrissey.

Ghost Buster · 29-06-2011 09:17AM

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

Wouldn't say I have any hero's but there is certain people I highly admire.

Ray Mears & Bruce Lee off the top of my head.

Yup. Ray Mears is the shizzle!!!!

AskMyChocolate · 29-06-2011 09:50AM

grenache wrote: »

I really wanted to go but it's clashing with the Limerick v Wexford hurling qualifer which i am keen to attend. He's actually playing here again in August in an outdoor festival near Bray, i can't remember the name of the castle where it's taking place. I hope to attend that. Saw Roxy Music at Electric Picnic last year and thought they were excellent.

He does a fantastic version of an old Sinatra number, which is obviously someone's before that, but I can't remember what it is.:o

I wouldn't mind but it involves remembering and swings. It's on the tip of my tongue.:o

Aah, fcukit, Avalon is still a classic!:)

Tipsy McSwagger · 29-06-2011 10:59AM

Either Ted or Al Bundy.

Eve_Dublin · 29-06-2011 11:07AM

itac wrote: »

a/h (female)answer....
yore Da....:rolleyes:

Anyhoo....My big sis Bairbre, who has Downs Syndrome, and a hole in heart right where the four chambers meet (she doesn't do things by half...)
She's had a stroke, almost died several times over the last 30 years, and yet, has kept on going and come back from everything life's thrown at her. She's taught me patience, love, understanding, and just keeps things in my life in perspective-when I think things are crap, she gives me the proverbial kick in the backside and reminds me how lucky I am.

oh, and there's also a Gold Special Olympics medal hanging in our house that she won here in 2003 for Team Ireland. Never knew it was possible to feel like you're gonna burst with so much love and pride til her name was being read out that day....she does, in her own word, kick ass; and she's a total hero in my eyes!

Aw the tears! They won't stop!

There's many people I admire but I suppose I've always looked up to Joe Higgins. The man never stops and he's a man of his word and never sits on the fence. He always stood up for what he believed in from giving half of his salary back to his party and to charity to speaking out against the exploitation of migrant workers in Ireland to his anti-Lisbon Treaty stance to sticking up for the little guy and speaking out against us paying off the gambling debts reckless bankers. Whenever I feel overwhelmed by corrupt politicians, I remember him and I feel there's hope for us yet.

I salute you, Joe!

mackg · 29-06-2011 11:08AM

I really look up to Joe Strummer and Bruce Springsteen. Einstein wasn't half bad either.

Tauriel · 29-06-2011 11:29AM

Michael Collins
Grace O'Malley

saintsaltynuts · 29-06-2011 11:34AM

Roy "Chubby" Brown.

LumpyGravy · 29-06-2011 11:36AM

eco2live wrote: »

My hero is Christopher McCandless. The Movie "Into the Wild" was made about him. I completely understand him and where he was coming from.

So who is your Hero and why?

That film was pretty good, beautifully shot, good acting but It was a film. You should read the book by Jon Krakauer and you'll see he was quite disturbed.

He is believed to have vandalised a hunters cabin not far from where he died (possibly out of frustration of not finding the true wild), if he had walked up river he would have found rope that miners had used to move equipment across. He was just another stupid american suburbia kid with misled ideas of what nature really is.
Bottom line is that he went there to die, sadly Hollywood glorified the idea of 'Supertramp'.
I wonder how many teenagers copied him after seeing the film.

endabob1 · 29-06-2011 11:49AM

My Dad
I wish I'd been a better son

SoWatchaWant · 29-06-2011 12:12PM

In general, I have far more respect for scientists than politicians. They are 2 very different breeds.

I have tremendous respect for Carl Sagan. He did his best to encourage people to ask questions. He promoted a certain way of thinking that everybody should follow.

As far as politicians, I admire Hugo Chavez. He encouraged people to educate themselves and above all he realized that freedom of speech is golden. The CIA tried to install a new government who would provide cheaper oil to the USA but the Venezuelan people would not stand for it because they loved him. Of course the USA never admitted it but the dogs in the streets knew it was true. And shame on them. Countries like the USA will end up destroying mankind.

ImpossibleDuck · 29-06-2011 12:22PM

Notorious97 wrote: »

Micheal Collins without a doubt, i cant read enough about this man, i remember when i was only learning history when i was muh younger and read about him and just was amazed, he done so much for us in such a short life. For me my definition of a politician or even a representative of Ireland is this man, we really need a Mick Collins at this moment to help rally the country and help fix this mess.

I admire other people too, but thats my number 1.

I'm a De Valera man myself and always have been but I absolutely respect Collins for what he has done for this country. At first, tbh I felt him a traitor, then my history teacher quoted him one day with this and completely changed my view of him :

When you have sweated, toiled, had mad dreams, hopeless nightmares, you find yourself in London's streets, cold and dank in the night air. Think - what have I got for Ireland? Something which she has wanted these past 700 years. Will anyone be satisfied with the bargain? Will anyone? I tell you this -early this morning I signed my own death warrant. I thought at the time how odd, how ridiculous -a bullet might just as well have done the job 5 years ago.

(Thanks to Notorious97 for finding that^ for me)

Aside from politics though, I'd have to say my hero is either Alfred Hitchcock or Quentin Tarantino.

tfitzgerald · 29-06-2011 12:33PM

JFK is the man I would love to have met

OutlawPete · 29-06-2011 01:04PM

My heros tend to be those that have faced adversity and triumphed. People like Brian Keenan, who seemed to come out of his ordeal with his soul untarnished. In his book, An Evil Cradling (which I would recommend to anyone who has never read it, audio book better again) he has many moments of bitterness and despair at the torture he suffered, but he seemed to leave that all behind him in Lebanon (21 years ago now, believe it or not).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFuWkAYIca0

I would say the only person who trumps that for me personally is Jonny Kennedy, who suffered from Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) often referred to as 'The Butterfly Disease'. His suffering and how he battled it, has stayed with me ever since I seen the Channel4 documentary: The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off. His funeral itself was an inspiration.

AskMyChocolate · 29-06-2011 01:23PM

mackg wrote: »

I really look up to Joe Strummer and Bruce Springsteen. Einstein wasn't half bad either.

"If you can't explain it simply, then you don't understand it well enough."

"I have no idea what weapons WW3 will be fought with, but WW4 will be fought with sticks and stones"

The man was a fookin' legend.

metalfest · 29-06-2011 02:36PM

Rubin Carter, man knocked a horse out in one punch after it tried to bite him... one among his many qualities

ImpossibleDuck · 29-06-2011 02:38PM

metalfest wrote: »

Rubin Carter, man knocked a horse out in one punch after it tried to bite him... one among his many qualities

eh?

metalfest · 29-06-2011 02:46PM

ImpossibleDuck wrote: »

eh?

huh?

thiiis guy

Orando Broom · 29-06-2011 02:55PM

SoWatchaWant wrote: »

In general, I have far more respect for scientists than politicians. They are 2 very different breeds.

I have tremendous respect for Carl Sagan. He did his best to encourage people to ask questions. He promoted a certain way of thinking that everybody should follow.

As far as politicians, I admire Hugo Chavez. He encouraged people to educate themselves and above all he realized that freedom of speech is golden. The CIA tried to install a new government who would provide cheaper oil to the USA but the Venezuelan people would not stand for it because they loved him. Of course the USA never admitted it but the dogs in the streets knew it was true. And shame on them. Countries like the USA will end up destroying mankind.

Not sure if serious.

This is the Hugo Chavez who has 'disappeared' in the last few wekks with his citizens clueless as to his whereabouts?

Freedom of speech! Ha! Ridiculous. Have you ever talked to a regular joe Venezuelan and asked them about the before and after.

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Doyler92 · 29-06-2011 02:56PM

Phil Ivey.

Underground · 29-06-2011 03:02PM

Patrick Bateman

arybvtcw0eolkf · 29-06-2011 03:07PM

My mother.

Have you got a Hero and who is it?

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