sandywinder
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Post by sandywinder on Oct 16, 2006 9:49:18 GMT
Suppose you had a time machine and could go back in time and change history just the once. What would you do?
Would you assassinate Hitler, Mohammad or George Bush?
Or would you do sumthin else?
And if so would your meddling make things better or worse?
Or is this too thought provoking for a Monday morning?
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Post by Pink Betty on Oct 16, 2006 10:20:08 GMT
Killing people is a little drastic - how about going back in time to make sure they were given the right kinda lovin' - the kind that would make them content not to be megalomaniac loonies?
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Daz Madrigal
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Post by Daz Madrigal on Oct 16, 2006 10:31:00 GMT
I've always wanted to go back to the 17th century. Some people claim I already have but I've knocked that in the head. The Alchemy/Astrology thing alienated too many members. I've thought this through and I'd like a nice loacation so I've chosen Venice specifically in the Renaissance Period circa the time when Michelangelo and Lenardo Da Vinci were at their peak. I reckon I could teach 'em a few things. Not so much Artistic although I'll show them an unmade bed and say "that Lenny is Art..got that!!  Now Mich..you go trot off and get me a cow. I'm gonna cut it in half and put it in a glass case. Then I'd tell Lenny the correct way to build helicopters, parchutes, hot air balloons and Automobiles. (I'll take a few books for that obviously).  |
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Post by Pink Betty on Oct 16, 2006 10:40:59 GMT
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Post by gus2 on Oct 16, 2006 10:59:16 GMT
Suppose you had a time machine and could go back in time and change history just the once. What would you do? Would you assassinate Hitler, Mohammad or George Bush? Or would you do sumthin else? And if so would your meddling make things better or worse? Or is this too thought provoking for a Monday morning? Yes. Well someone had to say it so why not me ;D gus |
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Post by gus2 on Oct 16, 2006 11:05:16 GMT
Suppose you had a time machine and could go back in time and change history just the once. What would you do? Would you assassinate Hitler, Mohammad or George Bush? Or would you do sumthin else? And if so would your meddling make things better or worse? Or is this too thought provoking for a Monday morning? Well definately not M ( peace be unto him) I do not want a band of beared nutters screaming at me in our quiet and peaceful street. So it has to be Hitler and ...hmm let me think on that one. gus |
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Daz Madrigal
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Post by Daz Madrigal on Oct 16, 2006 11:20:25 GMT
Well you wouldnt have "Muslim nutters" if you'd shot him dead.  ps. you could go back and shoot Hedwigs Great-Grandparents then she'd vanish and there would be no dead body. The Perfect Murder, Gus. At least her Grandparents were Great!! Praise indeed. |
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Xia
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Post by Xia on Oct 16, 2006 11:22:08 GMT
If I had a time machine and could go back in time and change history just the once, I think I'd prevent Noah from taking two of every insect. Yeah. At least till I come up with something better.  |
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Daz Madrigal
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Post by Daz Madrigal on Oct 16, 2006 11:40:07 GMT
Haven't they found Noahs Ark yet? Where was he doing the last ime he saw it. I mean I can understand losing a contact lens or even spectacles, I mean the contact lenses in those days were bloody maissive but a whole Ark? I still believe in the Story though cos its in the Bible therefore it must be true. And anyway who wants to be an Atheist. They don't have any hoidays. Ah you didnt think of that one did you, Xia? Feel free to work throughout Christmas and Easter! |
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sandywinder
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Post by sandywinder on Oct 16, 2006 14:44:10 GMT
Killing people is a little drastic - how about going back in time to make sure they were given the right kinda lovin' - the kind that would make them content not to be megalomaniac loonies? Nah kill the buggers. |
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Post by gus2 on Oct 16, 2006 19:56:34 GMT
In Germany where the religions Protestant and Catholic are divided by North and South the south being mostly Catholic gets three more holidays than up north. The atheists enjoy them too I believe  gus |
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mimi
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Post by mimi on Oct 17, 2006 7:48:28 GMT
Maybe killing Hitler wouldn't have made much difference. If the theory that he was helped to power by the big economic forces hidden from general view is true, then they would have found someone else with the same magnetic message. In the early 1930s Germany needed someone to voice the opinions of a large slice of the population.
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sandywinder
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Post by sandywinder on Oct 17, 2006 8:59:19 GMT
I think six million Jews might have argued that point.
Actually far more devastation was created in Germany after WW2.
But this didn't lead to another Hitler. Economic forces are largely controlled by politicians. So what Germany needed after WW1 was not
a tyrant but a decent economist in power.
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Post by gus2 on Oct 17, 2006 11:12:00 GMT
Maybe killing Hitler wouldn't have made much difference. If the theory that he was helped to power by the big economic forces hidden from general view is true, then they would have found someone else with the same magnetic message. In the early 1930s Germany needed someone to voice the opinions of a large slice of the population. I think you mean mimi. Hamburg and especially Berlin where not black they were as red as a raspberry. gus |
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