Flash Gordon
2007-07-31 08:03:10
A major motivational factor of the police and firemen in 9/11 might have been the strong desire of men in close association with other men engaged in a dangerous activity coupled with a sense of duty to have the respect and honor of their buddies. A good man never wants to be seen as having let his buddies down when the going got tough. Such men willingly sacrifice their own lives rather than suffer this form of ultimate shame. That’s why marines in Iraq have thrown themselves on live grenades. They act without thinking. They humble the rest of us.
