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

Sundae · 12-05-2007, 05:53 AM

A lady I worked with called Sandra M. If I wasn't afeared of the power of Google I would write her name in full.
No idea what effect it would have had on history, I just wanted to kill her.

Sun_Sparkz · 12-05-2007, 05:58 AM

I would have killed that guy who shot john lennon.

Apparently someone actually saved him from committing suicide a few years before he killed lennon? tard.

i dont like the notion of changing history too much. things happened for a reason.

Stress Puppy · 12-05-2007, 08:18 AM

To paraphrase Douglas Adams, if you try to go back into history to make changes, it won't work. Time and history fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.

Cloud · 12-05-2007, 08:37 AM

I don't think changing history is a good enough reason to kill someone. One thing that a lifetime of SF fandom has taught me--it never works out well!

Also, BeeVee, about the phone: Free yourself from phone slavery! You can do it! It's all in your head!

Just don't answer.

Beevee · 12-05-2007, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

I don't think changing history is a good enough reason to kill someone. One thing that a lifetime of SF fandom has taught me--it never works out well!

Also, BeeVee, about the phone: Free yourself from phone slavery! You can do it! It's all in your head!

Just don't answer.

Are you telling me not to answer my wife?

Perhaps I should have married you instead?

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.

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

Stormieweather · 12-05-2007, 07:13 PM

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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

.

binky · 12-07-2007, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stormieweather

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

.

I'd go in halvsies with you for both of them

Cloud · 12-05-2007, 02:25 PM

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

12-05-2007, 05:53 AM	#1
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	A lady I worked with called Sandra M. If I wasn't afeared of the power of Google I would write her name in full. No idea what effect it would have had on history, I just wanted to kill her. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

12-05-2007, 05:58 AM	#2
Sun_Sparkz Has Body Temperature Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I come from a land downunder Posts: 1,105	I would have killed that guy who shot john lennon. Apparently someone actually saved him from committing suicide a few years before he killed lennon? tard. i dont like the notion of changing history too much. things happened for a reason. __________________ We'll never be as young as we are right now

12-05-2007, 08:18 AM	#3
Stress Puppy Elite Elitist Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 359	To paraphrase Douglas Adams, if you try to go back into history to make changes, it won't work. Time and history fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. __________________ ~Stress Puppy~ Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur

12-05-2007, 08:37 AM	#4
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I don't think changing history is a good enough reason to kill someone. One thing that a lifetime of SF fandom has taught me--it never works out well! Also, BeeVee, about the phone: Free yourself from phone slavery! You can do it! It's all in your head! Just don't answer. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

12-05-2007, 10:28 AM	#6
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	#7
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	#8
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	#9
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, 01:32 PM	#10
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	#11
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	#12
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!!!!

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