Your average aid worker, wherever they may be. Any human being doing good by helping others, while putting themselves in harm’s way.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 August 2014 source ↗
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