What is bravery? Does it really exist? Is it a form of stupidity? Can you really say you're brave if you enter a fight thinking that you will win it? If you enter a fight, thinking that you will lose, are you brave or stupid?
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Bravery is merely the ability to continue doing what you want / need to do despite fear. For example, if there was a gunman on the street outside my house and I was afraid he would shoot me if I left this building, yet I leave the building to go and save my mother, whom is also on the street and under direct threat from the gunman, I would be brave. You could argue that it would be stupid for me to do this, but that would be a subjective judgement based on your own set of priorities - it is an objective statement to say that those actions would be brave, because bravery is merely the ability to perform despite fear. As for the last part of your question... Your beliefs about victory / defeat are irrelevant - bravery is just about fear and how you manage it. If you believed you would win, but were also afraid you would be killed, then it would be brave to continue on. If you believed you would win, and had no fears about being injured / killed, then it is not brave to continue on.
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Bravery exists and is usually not a form of stupidity. I would enter into a fight knowing that I would lose or even die if it would save one of my loved ones. There are instances where fools rush in in the name of "bravery" if they know that they are going to lose and they are not going to be able to assist in the situation. I can fight and fight well. However, I do not consider it bravery to fight when I am insulted for my ethnicity or the like. I consider that to be stupid even if I can kick their *sses. Fighting is necessity only.
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