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If you could go back in time anywhere in history, where would you go and why? Would it be to observe, or to change an event, or maybe to take part? Give me your top 5.
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written by Sequel , July 29, 2010
Rome at the height of it's empire.
Or maybe go to that cave and pop a .22 in Mohamed's skull.
written by Badda , July 29, 2010
The time of the founding of the country... for observational purposes.
Probably the evening of 9/10/2001... an airport, for the purposes of alerting security, but clearly that would be tricky to pull off.
Back to the days when my grandparents were alive, not to mention quite a bit younger, so I could spend more time with them. And my great-grandmother.
Las Vegas, 1961... The Sands Hotel. Gotta see Dean, Frank, Sammy, Joey, and even Lawford.
The summer of 1977... a showing of Star Wars, so I could stand up at the end and say "His father is Darth Vader!"
written by Jonny , July 29, 2010
The Battle of Tours (October 10, 732) - One, to see what an actual battle of the period would look like. Two, if the French lose there is no such thing as Christian Europe.
Golgotha/hill of the skull/Calvary during the crucifixion - Whatever your outlook on religion, this would answer a lot of questions.
Independence hall during the constitutional convention - I would like to hear the debates from the mouths of the people that populate my bookshelves.
The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256 BC) - Quite possibly the biggest naval engagement of all time. The scale is hard to imagine 600+ ships with between 250 - 400K people. Holy crap!
Hutchinson MN (approx 1987) - I'd slap the crap out of the snot-nosed little bastard who thought starting smoking was a good idea.
written by Odin , July 29, 2010
Texas School Book Depository in Dallas 1963 - stop Oswald from killing Kennedy
Illinois during the Great Depression - stop Jack Reagan from getting WPA job. With any luck little Ronnie would've starved to death.
Prussia 1817 - stop Marx's parents from conceiving little Karl
Trenton 1784 - would've tried to get sick congressman to attend the vote on Jefferson's proposal that slave-owning be restricted to the original 13 colonies. The proposal failed by that one vote Jefferson was counting on.
Germany 1934 - kill Hitler.
written by tim-The Dyslexic Blogger , July 30, 2010
Just gotta love how he rolls killing President Regan one of the most important Presidents in our time with killing Karl Marx and Hitler
written by Jim W , July 30, 2010
It is interesting to consider going back in history to change certain events, but as good ole Doc Brown warned, the results can be catastrophic. What if changing the outcome of 9-11 means that on 9-12 or 9-18, a far greater attack was planned that killed millions, but the only reason it didn't was because the heightened security on and after 9-11 prevented it from happening? Or saving Kennedy from assassination - what if that somehow changed things now, potentially for the worse? it's an interesting conversation to have...
As for my list -
I would like to observe the constitutional convention.
After seeing Elvis on TOur last night on the big screen, I would go back and secure tickets to an Elvis concert, just so I can say I saw the man live. Considering most of the shows were sell outs, however, that might change the future for someone.
Gotta think more about the rest...when you consider the options, it's damn tough.
written by Kermit , July 30, 2010
If we're going to go all uber-nerd here I'll offer this.
You can't change history. Since time as we understand it is more or less linear, if you went back in time and altered some event, time would continue to progress, and the "altered" reality would become defacto. Every precedent history would remain the same, and every subsequent history would reflect the alteration as normal.
written by Sequel , July 30, 2010
Oswald
Marx
Hitler
Ronald Reagan? Starve him as a child? What a sweetheart.
written by Odin , July 30, 2010
Just gotta love how he rolls killing President Regan one of the most important Presidents in our time with killing Karl Marx and Hitler
You think making people rely on the free market instead of a govt program for sustenance = killing them? Does that mean you support govt workfare programs?
written by Sequel , July 30, 2010
You guys remember the mass graves and concentration camps in California don't you?
Reagan the evilist of them all!
written by Jim ross , July 30, 2010
In no particular order:
1. 9/11. Perhaps a bigger attack may have happened in the future. But if stopping 9/11 meant saving the lives lost that day, preventing us from entering two wars we likely will never win, and having to strip down every time I enter an airport, I'll take my chances.
2. Constitutional Convention. I would mainly observe the role booze played in the foundation of our country. A good portion of our founding fathers were sloshed half the time. I'm a firm believer that this country started heading the wrong direction when we quit drinking (and smoking) while conducting business and making decisions.
3. 1980. I was born in 1981, which means I was too young to fully experience the glory years of both thrash metal and pro wrestling. I would drop out of school and spend the entire decade touring the country, attending wrestling shows and Slayer/Megadeth/Metallica/Anthrax concerts.
4. Whenever Microsoft and Coca Cola went public.
5. Fly on the wall during LBJ's rise to power. He fascinates me. How could such a mean, angry, paranoid, racist and spiteful man play such a major role in shaping politics as we know it today?
written by Kermit , July 30, 2010
Hey Jim, as to #5, LBJ was a Progressive Liberal. That should answer that question for you.
written by Nobody , July 30, 2010
Jim ross, right on with LBJ, he was a pol with no peer. Since I saw Elvis live in Vegas no need to do that. I was a little young to go to the Constitutional Convention.
written by Badda , July 30, 2010
JR,
I like that theory on booze and smoke.
I makes me want to visit the time of the Two Martini Lunch.
written by Jim W , July 30, 2010
#3 - I would want to go back and have dinner with Teddy Roosevelt.
written by Badda , July 30, 2010
...and slap the Progressive nonsense out of him with a big stick.
written by Badda , July 30, 2010
Kermit,
It was called the Two Martini Lunch... I'm sure there were any number of businessmen who had only one, two and a half, three.
I would have gone for a vodka.
written by Bill C , July 30, 2010
1) Go back to 1991 when someone told me about something, and I didn't pass that info on to my Mom.
2) back into the late 60s/early 70s so I could partake in the glory of the muscle car era.
Everything else I can think of offhand would be like others have suggested, going back to kill certain evil people or warn of events, so I'm not gonna bother posting
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