If you could have killed someone....

Beevee · 12-04-2007, 10:57 PM

.......and changed history as a result, who would it be?

For myself, if I had been Thomas Watson in the other room and accidentally done something that encouraged Alexander Graham Bell to invent the telephone, I would have committed suicide after having throttled him first.

I think the telephone is the most intrusive piece of apparatus ever invented. Why does everyone (well almost everyone) stop whatever they are doing to answer a phone? Why does the person making the call expect to get service ahead of the person who took the trouble to make a personal visit?

Why does the phone always ring when I am in the shower?

I hate it with a vengeance. I do have a mobile but it's only for emergency. The only time it rings is when my wife is on the other end and then I had better answer it - or else.

So - who would you have terminated - and why?

monster · 12-04-2007, 11:09 PM

I pretty much agree with you on telephones.

But to answer your question....

I think maybe we'd've been better off without Pol Pot. He really had no positive contribution.

classicman · 12-04-2007, 11:21 PM

Adam or Eve - take your pick.

LJ · 12-05-2007, 12:08 AM

emo phillips

lookout123 · 12-05-2007, 12:53 AM

gallagher. seriously quit smashing watermelons fucktard.

Hubris Boy · 12-05-2007, 01:48 AM

Henriette Presburg: mother of Karl Marx.

And then bury the corpse in a crossroads under a new moon with a stake through its heart.

'Cause ya can't be too careful.

Shawnee123 · 12-05-2007, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

gallagher. seriously quit smashing watermelons fucktard.

Amen!

Aliantha · 12-05-2007, 03:53 AM

George Bush

TheMercenary · 12-05-2007, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

George Bush

It was only a matter of time before someone would post him. You see if we were to say it we might get a visit from the Secret Service.

Beevee · 12-05-2007, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

It was only a matter of time before someone would post him. You see if we were to say it we might get a visit from the Secret Service.

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?

Aliantha · 12-05-2007, 04:01 PM

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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.

HungLikeJesus · 12-05-2007, 10:19 AM

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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?

Radar · 12-05-2007, 11:28 AM

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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?

12-04-2007, 10:57 PM	#1
Beevee Eavesdropper Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 24	If you could have killed someone.... .......and changed history as a result, who would it be? For myself, if I had been Thomas Watson in the other room and accidentally done something that encouraged Alexander Graham Bell to invent the telephone, I would have committed suicide after having throttled him first. I think the telephone is the most intrusive piece of apparatus ever invented. Why does everyone (well almost everyone) stop whatever they are doing to answer a phone? Why does the person making the call expect to get service ahead of the person who took the trouble to make a personal visit? Why does the phone always ring when I am in the shower? I hate it with a vengeance. I do have a mobile but it's only for emergency. The only time it rings is when my wife is on the other end and then I had better answer it - or else. So - who would you have terminated - and why?

12-04-2007, 11:09 PM	#2
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I pretty much agree with you on telephones. But to answer your question.... I think maybe we'd've been better off without Pol Pot. He really had no positive contribution. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-05-2007, 12:08 AM	#4
LJ i am myself Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: via blackberry, maybe Posts: 750	emo phillips __________________ Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show ... -C.Dickens

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lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	gallagher. seriously quit smashing watermelons fucktard. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	George Bush __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-04-2007, 11:21 PM	#3
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Adam or Eve - take your pick.

12-05-2007, 01:48 AM	#6
Hubris Boy Keymaster of Gozer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Patapsco Drainage Basin Posts: 471	Henriette Presburg: mother of Karl Marx. And then bury the corpse in a crossroads under a new moon with a stake through its heart. 'Cause ya can't be too careful.

12-05-2007, 10:25 AM	#13
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, 12:28 PM	#15
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?

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