My Hero

No, it means former SAS! Meaning he is no longer serving with those forces. A hero will always be a hero.

I think this news of trying to sell Iraqi loot has merited him the tag 'former' in his designation as a hero. I guess people can be fickle minded as well. Or is it just the media? That the people that proclaimed him as a hero, can also take it away when he does something wrong.

In my opinion, the only way a hero can stop bring a hero would be if he it she did something bad. Example. Person risks life to save child, becomes a hero. Hero child saver kills someone, is no longer hero. The person did a heroic deed, but then committed a heinous crime.

hi pikey the former meant former SAS man not former hero but I suppose it could have been worded a bit differently. Yes I think once a hero always a hero.but former SAS . I hope he was not the one who wanted me to send 200 dollars to claim the 23 million dollars he had gotten from Iraqui loot. oh I knew from the get go that the email was a scam but to think this person passed himself off as an American Soldier and wanted me to keep that huge loot and split it with him. oh sure of course he did. not. that email got a swift delete.I only hope that some other gullible person will not send that 200 dollars and get scammed. these people are so mean and prey on people who need money and are a bit naive about these phony emails.

That is an interesting way to see it as I hear "Former" and it sounds like the person past away. It is not like we can compare heroic actions, so why not just say The well known hero for... and commend the person.

Well, I also have the same understanding as you only that I think he was just a former hero of the SAS. Maybe what they meant is that he was a former fighter, defender or whatever in SAS only. It's confusing to me also but that's what I think.

If I've understood the other responses correctly, I am thinking along the same lines. This bloke was possibly never a hero and the media have just used that word because he was in the SAS. Now, I don't mean to be disrespectful to anyone here but just being IN the forces (SAS, Army, Navy, etc.) doesn't automatically come with the "hero" accolade. Maybe the media didn't know which word was correct. I don't suppose they could have said "former SAS employee" or "man who was in the SAS". Also, if the title of hero is actually earned then it shouldn't be taken away but it could be that someone was thought to be a hero but then it was realised that they weren't. But then, they wouldn't be a "former hero", they would be "formerly believed to be a hero". Do you think I'd make a good journalist? :)

I think they meant that he was former SAS.

It might mean that he was once a member of the forces but it could also mean that the circumstances in which he was declared a Hero have been re-examined and he was found not to be a Hero after all. Then again it might just be that they are fools who do not understand the English language and think that just because the event which made him a Hero is in the past that now he is a former Hero. lol. Journalism is lacking these days after all. I have seen similar problems where people who were declared heroes in natural disasters have been called former heroes when they were later questioned about other things. For instance if a Hero commits a crime does that make him or her a criminal Hero or a former Hero who is now a criminal. This gets really confusing. As for always being a Hero no matter what you do later I am not so sure, is that not where fallen Hero comes from. Former Hero now fallen from grace and just an ordinary human being.

Yes, once a hero always a hero,no matter what happens later.For eg if someone has won an Olympic gold medal but much later fails to win even one medal, it does not mean that he ceases to be a hero.He will always remain a hero and will be remembered for what he had achieved.So the term'former hero'should never be used.

So, they still hang participles, how barbaric. Perhaps "heroic former SAS ....." Lash

I would certainly think so. If, at a later date a hero is discredited, then he wasn't really ever a hero at all. One wouldn't think that herohood would have expiration dates. I know that your Herohood won't expire.

So sad, there shouldn't be such a thing as a former hero. There are people that are born heroes and others are not, there's no being and then stop being. Heroes are the ones who make a difference, they already acted on making this a better world, there's no taking back just like a bad action like hurting someone, it doesn't have a turning back so there's no former hero. They chose the word wrong huh? Happy MyLotting, have a wonderful day!

i dont like heroes, but i like someone heroic and having heroship