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*** Christianity *** In praise of a brave Muslim	Erewhon	08/24/05
Top honour for man shot by robber Aug 24 2005 By The Huddersfield Daily Examiner A HAVE-A-GO hero who was killed as he tried to foil an armed robbery has been given a top posthumous honour. Father-of-two Tasawar Hussain [a Muslim], 36, who worked at British Car Auctions in Brighouse, has been awarded the Queen's Commendation for Bravery. The award was presented to his seven-year-old daughter Haarisah Hussain by the Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, Dr Ingrid Roscoe, on behalf of the Queen. Haarisah's sister, Rasia, and mother Naila were also at the moving ceremony in Bradford City Hall. Tasawar was killed by a single shot through his heart after trying to stop armed robbers who had struck at Madina Travel in Manningham, Bradford in January, 2003. The robbers got away with £40,000, and Mr Hussain pursued them in a car with his best friend, Azram Hussain. Mrs Hussain said yesterday: "Not a day goes by without me thinking of him. "For my two little girls, they will never have a dad again."
Clarification/Follow-up by QueenChoux on 08/24/05 10:04 pm: Salad:: He threw his life away; he had ***children***..they are his first responsibility. Romantic non-sense about "bravery" is just that, non-sense. Clarification/Follow-up by Erewhon on 08/24/05 10:19 pm: I don't expect you to understand. You have to have heart to do that. Have you never been grateful for assistance from those whose primary responsibilities lay elsewhere? Did you consider them to be nothing more than nonsensical romantics? Clarification/Follow-up by QueenChoux on 08/25/05 10:33 pm: What about the children who were his responsibility??? Wallow in your romantic ideas of "bravery", what takes real bravery is to face life and one's responsibilities!!!!!!
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QueenChoux		08/24/05
Aristotle in NEthics proposes that virtue is the mean between two vices. Moderation is his view of the way to a happy life. **Courage** is the Golden Mean between the two vices of Cowardice and Foolhardiness. The poor man was foolhardy. I have never thought that average Muslims were anything but fine moral people. I am so sorry he threw away his life.

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