Comments on: Valour http://www.awm.gov.au/blog/2009/06/09/valour/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:16:42 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bruce Cameron http://www.awm.gov.au/blog/2009/06/09/valour/comment-page-1/#comment-3520 Bruce Cameron Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:15:41 +0000 http://www.awm.gov.au/blog/?p=2985#comment-3520 "Those observed to have performed acts of the highest level seem to have little in common beyond their valour. Great bravery is not the natural accompaniment of rank, privilege, or education, nor is it the possession of those individuals of any particular religion, colour, creed, age, occupation, or sex." There seems to be a fundamental question which is missing from the above reasoning....why did they do it? The answer to this may well be the common demoninator. In fact, there are probably three questions...the first being; 'Did you know that you could be killed?. I venture that 95% will answer 'yes'. The second question is: 'Were you afraid of death at the time?'. I think it is likely that 95% will answer 'no'. This brings us to the answer of the Question 3...I suggest that it might explain the unexplainable...each person might might have a number of reasons, but there is likely to be one which is more important than all the others. It's never too late to investigate this. “Those observed to have performed acts of the highest level seem to have little in common beyond their valour. Great bravery is not the natural accompaniment of rank, privilege, or education, nor is it the possession of those individuals of any particular religion, colour, creed, age, occupation, or sex.”

There seems to be a fundamental question which is missing from the above reasoning….why did they do it? The answer to this may well be the common demoninator.

In fact, there are probably three questions…the first being; ‘Did you know that you could be killed?. I venture that 95% will answer ‘yes’. The second question is: ‘Were you afraid of death at the time?’. I think it is likely that 95% will answer ‘no’.

This brings us to the answer of the Question 3…I suggest that it might explain the unexplainable…each person might might have a number of reasons, but there is likely to be one which is more important than all the others.

It’s never too late to investigate this.

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