Fear's natural, mate. It's part of your instinct; tells ya if you've walked right into a big mess and how much trouble you've landed yourself in. If people didn't feel fear, then you'd have a lot of idiots mucking about in places that they can't handle. If they ain't gonna take the time to toughen up, then they got no right to be there.

The only part of your lil' speech that's true is that you can learn how to not be afraid of things. You stare'em in the eye, and if you walk you'll find that you're not scared of'em anymore. 'Course it's damn hard to do so, which is why we've got a whole generation of soft kids who'd run screaming the moment a Redback drops on their heads. Ain't got a drop of courage in any of their sorry hides, and too lazy to even try. All a buncha no hopers.