DoubleD,

You should have just quoted the whole of my post rather than just the later half and then mosey through six or seven paragraphs to repharase the first half and make the same point.

I look up to soldiers who have been in combat and hold them in higher regard then a fellow soldier who missed combat, no matter what the reason he missed combat.

Likewise the airline pilot who kept the crippled jet whole or on the runway, rather than a fellow pilot who has not met that challenge, whatever the reason he has not faced that challenge.

I have the highest regard for elephant hunters, whether they are of limited means and do it or did it as a job or of unlimited means and do it or did it as a hobby.

As for some rich prick trying to prove to others that he is macho or brave or whatever, I doubt you would find that fellow going back. Keep in mind that pricks needing to prove themselves to others, rather than only to themselves, come from all economic backgrounds.

JPK