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Thread: Is Peter Blake really a NZ hero/icon?

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    I still don't get this thing with having people as icons, or having to hold people (especially sportsmen/women) as role models.

    My Dad did pretty well in both cases.

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    I reckon we all draw good things from lots of different sources, i'm not interested in watching sports or looking up to sportsmen but Pythagoras, Bool, Davinci, Beethoven, Holst, Trent Reznor, James Hatfield, Hatsumei, My dad, Britten and My mum all have ways and levels of good stuff i can admire and aspire to.

    Each to our own...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pwalo View Post
    I still don't get this thing with having people as icons, or having to hold people (especially sportsmen/women) as role models.

    My Dad did pretty well in both cases.
    It's not about "having to", it's admiring and acknowledging great achievements and excellence in a field. Personally I find his achievements inspirational, as with many others.
    I don't have to, there is no need in it, it just makes you realise what is possible and what can be achieved with a dream, dedication and focus. Is that a bad thing?
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Stranger View Post
    It's not about "having to", it's admiring and acknowledging great achievements and excellence in a field. Personally I find his achievements inspirational, as with many others.
    I don't have to, there is no need in it, it just makes you realise what is possible and what can be achieved with a dream, dedication and focus. Is that a bad thing?
    I think thats a really good thing
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    Quote Originally Posted by LBD View Post
    But a hero is self sacrificing, putting others ahead of self. On that front Blake is not in the same league as Hillary.
    He sort of ran out of time.......Peter was heading in the right direction. I suppose you can say, shooting at pirates is self sacrificing - especially when you miss and they didn't...........
    “- He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.”

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    I looked up at my grand parents and parents as role models and people I would like to aspire to.
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