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Story can be fiction or non-fiction, and that's an irrelevant point anyway, Apollo 13 was real Isaac Send a noteboard - 08/01/2013 04:59:40 AM
Well the definition of awesome includes scary and inspirational. That was pretty scary and pretty inspirational. You're choosing to put the 'cool' on the attack, not the events opposing it, and I think it was pretty clear he found her actions impressive and inspirational and 'great'. He obviously considers this woman's actions heroic.

The firefighters who responded to the attacks on the WTC were heroes. But it's not a great story; it's a tragedy.


Oedipus Rex is a great story and a tragedy. Saving Private Ryan was a great story and its fictional status basically irrelevant, the story is effectively 'real enough'. Titanic is a great story, so are a lot of war stories. 'Story' is clearly defined as fiction or non-fiction, and 'great' has plenty of definitions that certainly include 'remarkable'. If I had written the thread, I'd probably have used a different word from great myself, but I could easily see myself saying a 'great story of courage', but personally I have my doubts about whether any word choice would have mattered to you from him. I think you just wanted to direct something nasty his direction and seized on any perceived opportunity.
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Great story - Mom saves herself and her kids - shoots intruder in the face - - 06/01/2013 06:25:15 PM 1189 Views
now THAT is awesome *NM* - 06/01/2013 10:59:01 PM 389 Views
the justice system fails again. what a great article - 07/01/2013 02:49:04 AM 683 Views
Amen brother. *NM* - 07/01/2013 06:53:00 AM 340 Views
Exactly. *NM* - 07/01/2013 04:10:03 PM 323 Views
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Make me +1 for the confused people. *NM* - 07/01/2013 04:11:07 PM 335 Views
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Uh. Die Hard was fictional. - 08/01/2013 12:36:05 AM 615 Views
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Re: This is pretty much the definition of a great story - 09/01/2013 12:55:22 AM 905 Views
Some very weird reactions to this story - 09/01/2013 01:56:18 AM 569 Views
Re: Some very weird reactions to this story - 09/01/2013 03:47:21 AM 878 Views
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Precisely *NM* - 08/01/2013 08:10:24 AM 310 Views
FIVE .38's to the head and neck and he not only survived, but remained conscious? *NM* - 07/01/2013 03:51:00 PM 389 Views
.38's are almost like BBs - 07/01/2013 04:13:20 PM 599 Views
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