Once again dudes, we have an image of society defined "hero" Mike Phelps engaging in heroic behavior. This is because in a celebrity induced society we assign the "hero" tag to achievements that look cool and popular. Our values are shallow: is Mike Phelps fast swimmimg as cool as the sacrifce of men and women in the armed forces fighting for democracy and freedom? Is it as cool as the countless number of Americans who do their job everyday, many times at serious risk, to no applause?
Mike Phelps has put to risk his financial product endorsements with his stupid behavior. Will we be giving any of our Military, or Law Enforcement those multi million dollar endorsement contracts?
Here we have assigned "hero" to a fast swimmer, a sport that is one step above "bathing," except bathing has more long term benefits. Come to think of it, I solve scrabble problems very quickly. I might be a hero?
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