After the death of Whitney Houston, all over Facebook there was a rallying cry to stop celebrating the beloved singer and start celebrating some man in the military who died, or some firefighter, or someone who lost a limb, and so on. While I will wholeheartedly acknowledge that these people definitely deserve recognition for their achievements and sacrifices—as well as the fact that they opted to make these sacrifices and recognized the possible consequences—you cannot blame the average Joe for not knowing who these people are. How are we supposed to know that someone committed an act of heroism when all we are fed day in and day out is the various exploits of pop stars, and occasionally politicians?