God Bless You, Mr. T

There are few greater role models in life than Mr. T. Aside from sporting the mo-hawk for over 20 years, redefining fashion trends, and wearing the largest necklaces known to man, there are certain qualities to Mr. T that often go unnoticed but truly make him a great American hero.

Take his quality of pity, for example. Pity is an emotion, usually resulting from an encounter with an unfortunate, injured, or pathetic person or creature. A person experiencing pity will often take mercy on the person/creature, giving them aid or money. Many people pity the homeless, orphans, the terminally ill, and victims of rape and torture.

But Mr. T pities an even less fortunate kind of person -- namely, the fool.

In his pitying, Mr. T typifies true human compassion with his feelings of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others.

So here's to you, Mr. T, and your humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it.