Well, the next time you're getting raped, robbed, on fire....call a hippie.
You’re a lot more likely to die if you’re a farmer or a coal miner. Does that make them “heroes?”
Only if they risk their life to save another.
Since cops and firefighters hardly ever die on the job (and if you argue otherwise, you’re arguing with Math), how are they “risking their lives” anymore then I am when I drive the freeway to work?