If it walks like a hero and talks like a hero and smells like a hero, then perhaps it really is a hero.

[It was a roundabout way of answering the question, yes, but there wasn't an easy way to answer it.]

It doesn't matter what label anyone decides to impose upon him. Yuri's actions speak far louder than anything else. He is willing to take upon himself what others cannot or will not.

I hate him for it, but I also respect him for it.