Originally posted by Ichigo66666
Do you fail to understand logic? I can believe and will that I will win a fight, doesn't mean it guaruntees a victory, which it what your saying.He can believe as much as he wants and be as patriotic as he wants, he shouldn't win against most opponents.
No I think you're a little lost we are discussing the embodiement of a concept "courage against overwhelming odds". You are talking about a Pokemon card game.
In the Battle of Britain the Odds were 3:1
The point is a symbolic one of courage and sacrifice against overwhelming odds. Myriad cultural references stem from this concept David and Goliath, The battl of Thermopylae which although lost illustrates the concept excellently.
The SS Stephen Hopkins is another example it's story
"Early on the morning of September 27, 1942 two German raiders suddenly appeared out of the morning mist to attack the SS Stephen Hopkins. Heavy guns of one raider pounded her hull, and machine gun fire from the other sprayed her decks at close quarters. The lightly armed merchantman exchanged shot for shot with the enemy, placing thirty-five shells into the water line of one of the raiders until its crew was forced to abandon their sinking ship. The gun commander was mortally wounded early in the action, and all of the gun crew were killed or wounded when an enemy shell exploded the magazine of their gun. At the explosion, Edwin O'Hara ran aft and single-handed served and fired the damaged gun with five live shells remaining in the ready box, scoring direct hits near the water line of the second raider setting it on fire. O'Hara was mortally wounded in this action. With boilers blown up, engines destroyed, masts shot away, and ablaze from stem to stern, the gallant merchantman finally went under carrying O'Hara and several of his fighting shipmates with her. [The survivors were rescued after 31 days in a lifeboat.]
The stark courage of her crew in their heroic stand against overpowering odds caused her name to be perpetuated as a Gallant Ship."
another example of this concept - January 22nd, 1879
"The garrison at Isandhlwana was a disaster waiting to happen. The garrison had inadequate numbers to fend off a massive Zulu attack. Lord Chelmsford was the commander of the British troops in the region. His military philosophy on the Zulus was that they would avoid an open battle with British regular troops. The book Anglo Zulu War states that Lord Chelmsford’s belief was that he did not have to worry about a Zulu attack. From his own experience, while serving in Africa, Lord Chelmsford learned that African armies want to avoid an open field battle against regular British soldiers. His concern was that they would avoid a battle by out maneuvering his units by crossing the Mzinyathi Valley downstream of Rorke’s Drift to invade Natal. Therefore, Lord Chelmsford decided to split his forces and leave half his troops at Isandhlwana. With a smaller number of troops stationed at the garrison, many holes existed in the all around defense if a Zulu attack ever came. Rupert Furneaux records in his book that the defense line at Isandhlwana stretched 3,000 yards in total distance. There were a number of weak points in the line; one was the 1,000 yard gap between Pope and Durnford. As well, there was a gap that stretched 1,000 yards in front of the tents and wagons, and below the slope near Isandhlwana Mount. The other weak point was in the northeast corner. The job of defending the spot was given to the Natal Native Force, a force that lacked both battle experience and proper equipment to fight with. Pulleine had a better chance of defending Isandhlwana if he withdrew his troops closer together to form a half circle, with Isandhlwana Mount at their backs. Once the Zulus attacked in their horned formation, it was a matter of time before the British soldier would have been overrun. They were outnumbered twenty to one in the defense of Isandhlwana. The British soldier at Isandhlwana fought with great courage in overwhelming odds. As the ammunition ran out the British regulars had no choice but to fix bayonets and fight the Zulu in hand to hand combat. The British suffered heavy losses in the massacre. By the time the battle had ended 1,300 soldiers lost their lives and the 1st Battalion of the 24th Regiment lost all of its officers in the stand at Isandhlwana. Three soldiers were awarded the Victoria Cross for acts of bravery in battle."
Cap, Spiderman and Superman are fictional embodiements fo this spirit.
You miss point and fail to understand the need for such fictional figures.
Who are the embodiment of ideals like "Truth and Justice"