Come on guys ! quit the abstract(IMPULSIVE) and FACE reality!!!
NO ONE IS SPECIAL!! If there is , then it has to be blind, deaf ...and also dumb!!
Laden is also special...along with saddam , Hitler, etc., depends on which side the supporters are and their mental/social/logical/sensible/sane state/ status.
SPECIAL is for LIFE, not momentary. If I did a good thing 20 yrs ago, it doesnt make me GOD!!!
If you say "special" then i presume you know the mweaning and the qualification of the word. I also presume that they are educated and hence 'use' the word intelligently; unlike a parrot!!!
Special means through-out, consistant, unique, absolute, eternal....not sporadic, seasonal, erratic, hapazard, waxing n waning, impulsive , calculative...etc.,
It does not mean selfish, step-on-toes, indifferent, self-centred, selectively successful( subject to personal GAINS) and delibrately unsuccessful, subject to lack of useful purpose( personal).
If we consider sporadic successes as "special:" then we should attribute 'special" to millions of scoundrels and scalawags......they may have done a good thing, ONLY ONCE in their entire life-time.