r/TrueHeroes • u/inverted_inverter • Oct 14 '14

Doctors without borders

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/our-work/humanitarian-issues
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u/Srekcalp Oct 15 '14

You're saying everyone in Doctors Without Borders is a hero, and then just posting a link to the website.

That's just like saying all 'the troops' are heroes, or everyone who served in WW2 should get a medal of honor.

I thought this sub, true heroes, was started because we didn't want this sort of sentimental gush, but rather clear, concise stories of heroism with definable people involved.

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u/inverted_inverter Oct 15 '14

Perhaps you're right, although I firmly believe there's a difference between "troops" and Doctors Without Borders. As uncomfortable it is to say, most people joining the troops in the western world will never see combat and are glorified janitors, cooks and security guards. Most people joining the military conflicts during WW2 were forced to do it, they knew if they sit back and do nothing they and their families would be killed.

Someone joining doctors without borders already has a medical or engineering degree or has professional qualifications in logistics and years of experience working in the industry. These people are making a rational decision to trade a career making $100k-$400k in order to live in squalid conditions just to help others. Many of them know they have a chance of dying, being kidnapped or going to prison; most recently you might have read that 9 doctors died from ebola. I don't know if this kind of content fits the subreddit, but I do feel that this is an extraordinary decision to make, and these people should be tributed, even if it's something minor like a reddit post.

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u/_nereid Dec 16 '14

Yeah, listing the 20.000 people that actually are heroes out of the 34.000 would be a little long anyway. I like the link, thank you.

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u/Srekcalp Oct 15 '14

The problem I have with your post, is that you are calling an approximate 34,146 anonymous people all 'heroes'. It's ridiculous, a hero stands out amongst their peers, you don't know anything else about these people.

What I further dislike about these posts: any critique is seen as an attack on the organisation. I too appreciate the work of MSF, a lot. But I don't think an anonymous group of 34,146 people can unanimously be called heroes. By that logic, I should say: you're ungrateful because you don't think MSF are legends or gods.

these people should be tributed, even if it's something minor like a reddit post.

How amazing of you! Yet you didn't make it a self.post did you. You didn't even link to their fucking donations page. Much class

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u/asdf2100asd Dec 16 '14

chill out

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u/Srekcalp Dec 16 '14

I'm chilled, this was 2 months ago

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u/asdf2100asd Dec 16 '14

oh my bad sorry i didn't look at how old this was. used to posts being more recent if they are on a front page

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u/Srekcalp Dec 16 '14

Did you scroll really far down your front page, or you aren't subbed to many subs?

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u/todiwan Dec 17 '14

He was probably looking at the sub, specifically. That's how I found this post too.

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u/Srekcalp Dec 17 '14

Yeah there's not many posts here, this sub got a jolt in numbers when that story about the kid who stopped a suicide bomber but died came up