If you could have killed someone.... - Page 2

HungLikeJesus · 12-05-2007, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

George Bush

The old one or the new one? I guess if the first was gone, that would take care of both of them.

lookout123 · 12-05-2007, 10:25 AM

noooo, because if you got the first one then we would all look at W in the same way that america viewed JFK, Jr. is that what you want?

HungLikeJesus · 12-05-2007, 10:28 AM

I guess I was thinking "Died at birth." I see your point.

lookout123 · 12-05-2007, 10:30 AM

butbutbut... you would "kill" a baby?

eh, maybe i just misinterpreted the thread. or maybe i'm just a smartass. take your pick.

Cicero · 12-05-2007, 10:43 AM

Did anyone see Chapelle's show "black gallagher"? Hilarious!!!

Ummm...Please don't name current, living, high profile, political figures folks....You don't want any trouble because of a trifle statement on an internet message board do you? Call me paranoid...and I am...let's just be cautious in our approach here. Even if it is a hypothetical question!

I can't think of anyone but an obvious Hitler right now...maybe I'll have a better answer later....

Great topic and nice to meet you!

Oh and lets not forget how many things and lives telephones have saved? When I inevitably have a heart attack I'll want one.

ZenGum · 12-05-2007, 11:01 AM

Thomas Midgley, Jr.

Who?

You know, they guy who developed both the tetra-ethyl lead (TEL) additive to gasoline and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)!

Yep, leaded petrol and CFCs, from one guy!

To be fair, if he hadn't come up with these, probably someone else would have. Although he fought strongly to deny the obvious harmful effects of lead.

He died in 1944, killed by one of his own inventions - strangled by the ropes of his "bed-assist device" which was meant to ease his sleep after he suffered polio.

Radar · 12-05-2007, 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

George Bush

I'm with you there, though I might get Colonel Edward Mandell House or Cecil Rhodes and this would have prevented the creation of the income tax and the federal reserve, public education, and would have prevented the creation of the CFR and the Trilateral commission.

icileparadise · 12-05-2007, 12:28 PM

Lee Harvey Oswald. What would have happened? We can't change squat. Maybe JFK would have been great or had a Watergate. Cecil Rhodes was a man of his time he could not do any different. And Zengum, how do you know that stuff?

Shawnee123 · 12-05-2007, 01:32 PM

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I wouldn't kill anyone but I would like to have stifled a few. I guess anyone who felt it OK to slaughter Native Americans, and rape and pillage. I hate pillaging. It needs to be stopped.

BrianR · 12-05-2007, 02:03 PM

Actually, I wouldn't eliminate anyone. There is no one that is 100% bad or 100% good.

No one likes Adolph Hitler (Shickelgruber) but even though he was history's biggest evildoer, not ALL of his reign was bad...

Under Hitler, the Autobahn was created, jet aircraft were mass produced for the first time, technology (albeit war tech) accelerated rapidly, the atom was split for the first time. These were good things. But also it cost the lives of some 11 million prisoners, including about six million Jews. Millions more died needlessly from the fighting.

The telephone was mentioned. Good or bad? Yes, it's annoying. But it has saved countless lives, brought people across the world closer together. Also interrupted untold dinners and showers and relaxing baths. But it is not ALL bad.

President Bush isn't all bad either. Perhaps not the best, but I think he's the right man in the right pace at the right time. President Gore wouldn't have done a damn thing but bluster the talk and we would be living with regular attacks now.

OK, Pol Pot hasn't made a positive contribution that I know of, but I don't know everything either.

The point is: no one in history (or now) is ALL bad and deserving of being erased from history.

binky · 12-05-2007, 02:25 PM

My ex husband right after I got pregnant

Cloud · 12-05-2007, 02:25 PM

can't interfere between a husband and wife, though!

binky · 12-05-2007, 02:30 PM

you are assuming he did anything post imprenation to interfere with, other than punching me frequently

Aliantha · 12-05-2007, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beevee

Noting where the post comes from beggars the question - does the Secret Service extend that far or would they attempt to use ASIS to silence the critic?

It's ASIO. Australian Secret Intelligence Organisation. And yes, their intelligence is very secret. So secret in fact that not even they know what it is.

I don't think anyone's going to come knocking on my door anyway. I'm pretty sure they'd read this thread, then read the rest of my posts and realize I'm just some dopey liberal looney from the land of idiots and realize the only person I'm a threat to is myself.

Senior or Junior. I don't mind which btw.

Stormieweather · 12-05-2007, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by binky

My ex husband right after I got pregnant

Funny, I was thinking exactly the same thing. Only MY ex husband, not yours

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12-05-2007, 10:25 AM	#17
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	noooo, because if you got the first one then we would all look at W in the same way that america viewed JFK, Jr. is that what you want? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

12-05-2007, 10:28 AM	#18
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I guess I was thinking "Died at birth." I see your point. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

12-05-2007, 10:30 AM	#19
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	butbutbut... you would "kill" a baby? eh, maybe i just misinterpreted the thread. or maybe i'm just a smartass. take your pick. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

12-05-2007, 10:43 AM	#20
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Did anyone see Chapelle's show "black gallagher"? Hilarious!!! Ummm...Please don't name current, living, high profile, political figures folks....You don't want any trouble because of a trifle statement on an internet message board do you? Call me paranoid...and I am...let's just be cautious in our approach here. Even if it is a hypothetical question! I can't think of anyone but an obvious Hitler right now...maybe I'll have a better answer later.... Great topic and nice to meet you! Oh and lets not forget how many things and lives telephones have saved? When I inevitably have a heart attack I'll want one. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

12-05-2007, 11:01 AM	#21
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Thomas Midgley, Jr. Who? You know, they guy who developed both the tetra-ethyl lead (TEL) additive to gasoline and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)! Yep, leaded petrol and CFCs, from one guy! To be fair, if he hadn't come up with these, probably someone else would have. Although he fought strongly to deny the obvious harmful effects of lead. He died in 1944, killed by one of his own inventions - strangled by the ropes of his "bed-assist device" which was meant to ease his sleep after he suffered polio. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

12-05-2007, 12:28 PM	#23
icileparadise Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Swiss Mountains Posts: 96	Lee Harvey Oswald. What would have happened? We can't change squat. Maybe JFK would have been great or had a Watergate. Cecil Rhodes was a man of his time he could not do any different. And Zengum, how do you know that stuff?

12-05-2007, 01:32 PM	#24
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Zen knows all. Zen sees all. Zen will make you rich. Find out how. Send $5 for postage and handling to ZenGum PO Box 7575757577557775 Hapan, Japan I wouldn't kill anyone but I would like to have stifled a few. I guess anyone who felt it OK to slaughter Native Americans, and rape and pillage. I hate pillaging. It needs to be stopped.

12-05-2007, 02:03 PM	#25
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Actually, I wouldn't eliminate anyone. There is no one that is 100% bad or 100% good. No one likes Adolph Hitler (Shickelgruber) but even though he was history's biggest evildoer, not ALL of his reign was bad... Under Hitler, the Autobahn was created, jet aircraft were mass produced for the first time, technology (albeit war tech) accelerated rapidly, the atom was split for the first time. These were good things. But also it cost the lives of some 11 million prisoners, including about six million Jews. Millions more died needlessly from the fighting. The telephone was mentioned. Good or bad? Yes, it's annoying. But it has saved countless lives, brought people across the world closer together. Also interrupted untold dinners and showers and relaxing baths. But it is not ALL bad. President Bush isn't all bad either. Perhaps not the best, but I think he's the right man in the right pace at the right time. President Gore wouldn't have done a damn thing but bluster the talk and we would be living with regular attacks now. OK, Pol Pot hasn't made a positive contribution that I know of, but I don't know everything either. The point is: no one in history (or now) is ALL bad and deserving of being erased from history. __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

12-05-2007, 02:25 PM	#26
binky all hollowed out Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ridgecrest, CA Posts: 982	My ex husband right after I got pregnant __________________ The meanest Mom EVER!!!!

12-05-2007, 02:25 PM	#27
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	can't interfere between a husband and wife, though! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

12-05-2007, 02:30 PM	#28
binky all hollowed out Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ridgecrest, CA Posts: 982	you are assuming he did anything post imprenation to interfere with, other than punching me frequently __________________ The meanest Mom EVER!!!!

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