Totally disagree with your last sentence. IMHO, the less reason you have for doing something, like saving a life, the more heroic the action.

I DO agree that it doesn't have to be in a life threatening situation to bring out heroic action in someone. But I also think that a real hero is one that you never hear about. The ones that do heroic things without recognition or reward.

You shouldn't need a why to be a hero...

Not to lessen the magnitude of this cop's actions but, if it had been some average joe that had saved this woman's life, how much more press coverage would there have been? I have to agree with EMPIRE, I think the word "hero" is misused for this situation. He was doing his job. Cops are supposed to do this. Doctors save lives every day but, hero isn't the first word that comes to everyone's mind when they do. It's only heroic if you're not obligated to do it.


>> ^Lawdeedaw:

I think a hero can be more than a dangerous situation or accomplishments..
The man who works his fingers to the bone for his children and still has time to throw them around in the air like superman (That's to you dad.)
The woman who looks to an abusive husband and says, "Fuck you, I don't need you." (That's to you Mrs. Lawdeedaw--when she did that to her previous husband.)
The little girl who returns the penny to the man who dropped it because his mother gives 'that nod' to her. Then the man who smiles at her, and gives her a dollar for the effort.
We have sensationized 'hero' so much that few people are heroes at all. The Soldiers fighting the wars? Mecenaries. The cops? Same. It is why you do something that vastly outweights what you do.

>> ^smooman:

what you didnt see is once they got her off the ledge they tasered her into submission =P


That wasn't the police... it was the doctors.

I like how they're like, "LEAPT from the rooftop... cops grabbed her IN MID-AIR..." Okay sensationalize it a bit more, would you? She was sitting down, trying to minimalize the damage, rather than straight up jumping which could actually cause death. She's a fucking attention whore and she wanted people to notice her and feel bad about her. Then the only reason she did ANYTHING was because the cop was right there and she knew she'd be caught. She fucking pussied out.

She sure as hell didn't make a real concerted effort. Probably the story of her life. It's a pattern in her loser life to never really follow through with anything. Fucking pussy. That's why she lost her job, and her boyfriend dumped her because she's a stupid lazy bitch who will never make anything of her life because she's afraid to take chances. Shoulda let her stupid ass jump. At least then she would have accomplished something! Hell, it could even have been seen as compassionate, because now she has to live out the rest of her pathetic ass life knowing she couldn't even follow through and kill herself right.

Dumb bitch.


</troll>

>> ^EMPIRE:

Don't get me wrong. I don't think burdturgler was wrong in using that title, as it is clearly the title of the original video. I was merely commenting on the true significance of the word.


True to you, but when did you become the master and creator of the English language?

We're not talking about giving him the Medal of Honor. "Just" saving someone's life is heroic enough.

Your video, Hero Cop Saves Suicidal Woman From Rooftop, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

I think a hero can be more than a dangerous situation or accomplishments..

The man who works his fingers to the bone for his children and still has time to throw them around in the air like superman (That's to you dad.)

The woman who looks to an abusive husband and says, "Fuck you, I don't need you." (That's to you Mrs. Lawdeedaw--when she did that to her previous husband.)

The little girl who returns the penny to the man who dropped it because his mother gives 'that nod' to her. Then the man who smiles at her, and gives her a dollar for the effort.

We have sensationized 'hero' so much that few people are heroes at all. The Soldiers fighting the wars? Mecenaries. The cops? Same. It is why you do something that vastly outweights what you do.

*Steps off soapbox.

>> ^messenger:
I mostly like the risk/sacrifice definition of "hero", but I think there's also an element of "saving a dire situation with a feat of excellence at a critical moment". It's like when Joe Carter hit his walk-off home run to end the 1993 World Series (heroic), as opposed to when he merely caught the ball in a routine play at 1st base to win the 1994 series (not heroic). That's the one that I feel applies here which unquestionably makes this guy a hero.>> ^burdturgler:
>> ^EMPIRE:
He saved her, and that's great. Really is.
But... isn't the word hero being thrown around rather lightly? Why was that heroic at all?

I can't win with titles on the sift. I say a cop smashes a girls teeth out and I get called a liar because her teeth were only chipped out, not knocked out. A cop leaps forward and snatches a girl when she has half an inch of ass on the ledge of a 40 foot roof.. "hero" is too strong a word.
You say he saved her life and then ask why that's heroic in the same comment. Isn't that enough? What did you do today?

IMHO, the reporter saying, "certain death" was sensationalist, exaggerating a bad enough situation to make his reporting sound even more relevant. Could we use a Mythbusters doll instead of my body? >> ^burdturgler:

>> ^messenger:
"Certain death?" Think not.

Only one way to find out. Take a 4 story dive into the pavement. Good luck. Don't forget to get it sifted.

I mostly like the risk/sacrifice definition of "hero", but I think there's also an element of "saving a dire situation with a feat of excellence at a critical moment". It's like when Joe Carter hit his walk-off home run to end the 1993 World Series (heroic), as opposed to when he merely caught the ball in a routine play at 1st base to win the 1994 series (not heroic). That's the one that I feel applies here which unquestionably makes this guy a hero.>> ^burdturgler:

>> ^EMPIRE:
He saved her, and that's great. Really is.
But... isn't the word hero being thrown around rather lightly? Why was that heroic at all?

I can't win with titles on the sift. I say a cop smashes a girls teeth out and I get called a liar because her teeth were only chipped out, not knocked out. A cop leaps forward and snatches a girl when she has half an inch of ass on the ledge of a 40 foot roof.. "hero" is too strong a word.
You say he saved her life and then ask why that's heroic in the same comment. Isn't that enough? What did you do today?

>> ^EMPIRE:

He saved her, and that's great. Really is.
But... isn't the word hero being thrown around rather lightly? Why was that heroic at all?


I can't win with titles on the sift. I say a cop smashes a girls teeth out and I get called a liar because her teeth were only chipped out, not knocked out. A cop leaps forward and snatches a girl when she has half an inch of ass on the ledge of a 40 foot roof.. "hero" is too strong a word.

You say he saved her life and then ask why that's heroic in the same comment. Isn't that enough? What did you do today?

>> ^messenger:

"Certain death?" Think not.


Only one way to find out. Take a 4 story dive into the pavement. Good luck. Don't forget to get it sifted.

Ya seriously, there was a pretty good chance she would of survived that fall only to live out her days disabled or worse.

>> ^messenger:

"Certain death?" Think not.

..too bad no one noticed..

the SNIPER ON THE ROOFTOPS! "AAAHH NOOO! daadddyyyy."

*CSI Miami theme*





[at age three, I used to sit by the back door waiting for my father to return from work.. at 11pm (that's like 3 am, baby time)]

White Rooftops:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/5389278/Obamas-green-guru-calls-for-white-roofs.html
It would have the same effect as removing all cars from the road for 11 years. Pretty incredible.

On the video: Its amusing to me that this guy would film his friend/girl-friend making a dumb remark, and then put it on the internet. What a class-act.

Because she's not, if you build a big enough AC that can collect all the heat in a single place and then have it irradiating into space then yea, that would work.
Alternatively you could use peltier elements to siphon off a tiny amounts of heat by converting it to electricity.
Though it's probably easier just to paint every rooftop white.
>> ^legacy0100:

wait, i'm laughing, but forget the reasons why she's wrong

Setlist (from YT post):

Paul's Piano Intro 0:34
Don't Let Me Down (rehearsal) 1:55
Maxwell's Silver Hammer (rehearsal) 2:16
Two Of Us (rehearsal) 6:27
I've Got A Feeling (rehearsal) 8:04
I've Got A Feeling (second take) 9:03
Oh, Darling! (intro) 11:17
One After 909 (rehearsal) 12:35
Jazz Piano 13:41
Two Of Us (second take) 14:48
Across The Universe (rehearsal) 17:02
Dig A Pony (rehearsal) 18:23
Suzy Parker (rehearsal) 19:22
I Me Mine (rehearsal) 20:25
For You Blue (rehearsal) 23:02
Besame Mucho (rehearsal) 27:19
Octopus's Garden (rehearsal) 29:21
You Got A Hold On Me (rehearsal) 33:29
The Long And Winding Road (rehearsal) 36:01
Shake, Rattle, and Roll (rehearsal) 37:22
Kansas City (rehearsal) 39:21
Dig It 41:53
Two of Us 47:10
Let It Be 50:40
The Long and Winding Road 54:41
ROOFTOP (intro) 58:15
Get Back 59:18
Don't Let Me Down 1:02:33
I've Got a Feeling 1:06:07
One After 909 1:09:50
Danny Boy 1:16:33
Dig A Pony 1:12:45
Get Back 1:16:45
Credits 1:20:01