Wipe a Person Out of History

[jonesthecurl]

He is NOT the messiah. He's just a very naughty boy.

[C.o.S]

maybe we could just off L Ron Hubbard...

Expect to be hearing from our lawyers shortly.

[jonesthecurl]

maybe we could just off L Ron Hubbard...

Expect to be hearing from our lawyers shortly.

News: I don't have a time machine, and L Ron is dead.

[jonesthecurl]

Actually, c.o.s., that was very impressive. Joined two minutes after I made the comment, and found it straight away, while having a cos avatar ready-made.
Wow, is there a super-secret Ronometer or something?

[The1exile]

i don't think the universe can resolve this one! Einstein used the same principal to disprove the possibility of time-travel, so it is a pretty solid paradox.

Somehow I'm having doubts now. I seem to be doing a fine job of moving forwards in time at the moment.

[Snorri1234]

My gut reaction is the Duke of Wellington, but that's mainly because I worked for someone who ero-worshipped im, and I read up a lot and took an almost personal dislike to the twat.

It also told me a lot about my boss, that he would admire such a snobby rat.

well it is your choice mate .. but French may be the international language now if it were not for the Iron-duke!

Yeah, didn't you see Blackadder Back and forth?

[Snorri1234]

Was the IRA ever known for using suicide bombers?

This is a serious question. I'm actually painfully ignorant about the history of terrorism in the UK, but from what little I do know is that it's the most common historic example of how to combat it.

And how often did the IRA intentionally target civilians?

heh, well the IRA were tethered by their need not to upset their financiers in the USA (civilian targets were not good PR) and they were too cowardly to be suicide bombers.

But civilian targets weren't entirely out of the question, right?

[jonesthecurl]

Was the IRA ever known for using suicide bombers?

This is a serious question. I'm actually painfully ignorant about the history of terrorism in the UK, but from what little I do know is that it's the most common historic example of how to combat it.

And how often did the IRA intentionally target civilians?

heh, well the IRA were tethered by their need not to upset their financiers in the USA (civilian targets were not good PR) and they were too cowardly to be suicide bombers.

But civilian targets weren't entirely out of the question, right?

"of the 1800 people killed by the IRA since that late 1960's, 650 were civilians"

[InkL0sed]

George Bush Sr. was a good President overall... why do you think he served only one term?

[RiskTycoon]

can we eliminate the chump who came up with money or the monetary system ?

I hate money .....

please!?

probably was a group effort i guess ... lol can we eliminate them all ?

[jiminski]

agreed, i would much rather trade sexual favours for arable produce!

[joecoolfrog]

You wouldnt think it possible that so many people could be so utterly blinded by patriotism and religious dogma as to consider Mohamed to be a greater despot than the likes of Hitler or Stalin

[Dancing Mustard]

Last time I checked this thread wasn't called "Who is the biggest despot"... it's not about who was the most tyrannical/bloodthirsty rule, it's about whose influence people would most want removed.

While I am personally surprised that big Mr M gets more votes than Hitler, I don't think that people are somehow unaware of the character of Hitler's regime, or have been somehow brainwashed into thinking Mohammed was responsible for the Holocaust.

Perhaps the fact that Jesus also gets more votes than Hitler gives us a clue as to what it is that people seem to regard as the most damaging/malign historical influences here?

[C.o.S]

Actually, c.o.s., that was very impressive. Joined two minutes after I made the comment, and found it straight away, while having a cos avatar ready-made.
Wow, is there a super-secret Ronometer or something?

I'm an operating thetan level V, for chrissake. I can levitate,cure myself of cancer, take lunch with Tom Cruise, and i can sure as hell find opportunities for spurious litigation before your alien-riddled spaz brain has even formulated the thought. Try it again. Your lawsuit just doubled, by the way.

[Iliad]

tricky. From a utitlitarian perspective it has to be stalin, surely, for having the most blood on his hands. I thought about marx, a step backwards if you like, but then he wasn't a mass murderer.

but I'm sure someone worse or at least as bad would've come along and taken power

[jiminski]

tricky. From a utitlitarian perspective it has to be stalin, surely, for having the most blood on his hands. I thought about marx, a step backwards if you like, but then he wasn't a mass murderer.

but I'm sure someone worse or at least as bad would've come along and taken power

that is the judgement Ill; does removing bad people actually make the sum of history worse?
But to say someone as bad or worse would've come along? Basing this for a moment upon direct actions and not the broader implication to the sum of history; I am not so sure Stalin has ever been topped, he was a fairly special case.

[Skittles!]

I have realised who I want out of history, but this person kind of isn't from history.

You know that judge, from America's "So You Think You Can Dance?", and she screams when someone dances good. I would want the expunged from the face of the earth.

[Pedronicus]

If I could of voted twice - I would of voted for Jesus and mo. Without religion we wouldn't of had the Jewish Faith and if there were no Jews would we of had the holocaust?
Who would hitler of blamed Germanys woes on if religion didn't exist?

[Ntetos]

If I could of voted twice - I would of voted for Jesus and mo. Without religion we wouldn't of had the Jewish Faith and if there were no Jews would we of had the holocaust?
Who would hitler of blamed Germanys woes on if religion didn't exist?

I am pretty sure Hitler would have found some other group to blame. Jews were just an easier victim due to the already existing antisemitism.

[Skittles!]

If I could of voted twice - I would of voted for Jesus and mo. Without religion we wouldn't of had the Jewish Faith and if there were no Jews would we of had the holocaust?
Who would hitler of blamed Germanys woes on if religion didn't exist?

You forgot the experiments and killings of twins, dwarves, gypsies, etc. etc.

[DAZMCFC]

Corey Haim and Corey Feldman

Ramifications:
1. profit shares for illegal substance distributors would be 15% lower between 1985-1999
2. Lost Boys could have paved the way for Scott Baio and Kirk Cameron instead
3. Feldman's moderately hot wife would possibly still be available
4. upcoming Crank 2 movie would need to find a new extra instead of Haim

with that said, I think the world would be okay without them.

you're a bad bad person. how can you replace these 2 in The Lost Boys. who the fook is Kirk Cameron?


i'm torn between Michael Jackson and Rick Astley. no more Rick rolls from firth.

[jonesthecurl]

...then expunge firth, not Rick.

[jonesthecurl]

Actually, c.o.s., that was very impressive. Joined two minutes after I made the comment, and found it straight away, while having a cos avatar ready-made.
Wow, is there a super-secret Ronometer or something?

I'm an operating thetan level V, for chrissake. I can levitate,cure myself of cancer, take lunch with Tom Cruise, and i can sure as hell find opportunities for spurious litigation before your alien-riddled spaz brain has even formulated the thought. Try it again. Your lawsuit just doubled, by the way.

Wow. What do you have to eat to be you?

[DAZMCFC]

...then expunge firth, not Rick.

can't, he's a Pleasant Chap.

[jonesthecurl]

Then expunge rick's tailor and barber - at least it'd make a Rick roll more bearable.