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welshdean
Skeptic Friend
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 10/22/2002 : 08:46:24
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
5310 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2002 : 09:42:39 [Permalink]
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Yeah, without arguing too much about what "greatest" means, as far as having the most impact on the world and what it does, I think we'd have to have Thomas Alva Edison on the list somewhere.
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Mespo_man
Skeptic Friend
USA
312 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2002 : 10:15:57 [Permalink]
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a) Elizabeth I - Established England as a first rate nation. Nice of the Brits to recognize that power is gender blind, don't you think?
b) James Madison - Pushed for the American Bill of Rights, overlooked in the original U.S. Constitution, establishing the legal framework for American freedoms.
c) Johannes Gutenburg - The printing press using movable type. |
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Mespo_man
Skeptic Friend
USA
312 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2002 : 10:40:36 [Permalink]
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Welshdean,
We should also include the 100th names to be placed on the list. Dead last or least significant, depending on your point of view. My nominees...
a) Guy Fawkes - Founding member and CEO of Parliament Demolition Ltd. Lost his head(?) after the failure of his first engineering project.
b) George Armstong Custer - "Just a few Injuns. Piece of cake."
c) Thomas Crapper - Wouldn't you rather be known for building a bridge or something?
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
USA
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Posted - 10/22/2002 : 11:23:13 [Permalink]
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Gee. There sure are a lot
1) Mahatma Ghandi - social change through peaceful civil disobediance
2) Arisotle - a great scientific mind
3) Thomas Edison - prolific inventor
4) Henry Ford - Assembly line
5) Eli Whitney - said "keep your cotton-pickin hands off my gin!"
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
5310 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2002 : 11:29:35 [Permalink]
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Probably @tomic and Kil for coming up with these boards.
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Slater
SFN Regular
USA
1668 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2002 : 14:36:29 [Permalink]
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I think it's interesting that Princess Diana and Oliver Cromwell made the early list while Shakespeare just snuck in.
Diana spent her time attending as many fundraising events as possible. This, hopefully speaks more of her good heart than her wealth and boredom. And Cromwell over threw the king, murdered most of the population of Ulster and banned Christmas and dancing. He effectively took the Merry out of Old England.
And here's Bill Shakespeare, the greatest writer who lived, dead last. This must be a new BBC…wonder why they didn't include Tom Baker?
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@tomic
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 10/22/2002 : 16:16:59 [Permalink]
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Where's Thomas Jefferson on the list? He was a British citizen wasn't he?
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Kilted_Warrior
Skeptic Friend
Canada
118 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2002 : 22:31:48 [Permalink]
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Well, I don't know if its possible to be the "greatest", but if you mean influential (in a good way), some fine people in their areas might be:
Politics:
Nelson Mandela- spent a while in prison but made his mark when he got out
Science:
Carl Sagan- was a great writer and introduced the public to science and skepticism
Galileo- who doesn't know him
Albert Einstein- read the theories of relativity lately? they are quite interesting.
Stephen Hawking- has made great contributions to how we view the cosmos
Businesss:
Bill Gates- yes, I know many of us hate his guts but he did a damn good job of starting a business from scratch and turning it into a multi-multi billion dollar a year business.
Briton:
Robert Burns-who couldn't like the man who wrote "Auld langs syde"?
American:
Thomas Jefferson- made a type of politics based on the scientific method, and if it would have been totally adopted you would have had a great republic.
Canadian:
Dr. David Suzuki- if you haven't heard of him, well, watch Canadian TV. He shows the average viewer that we hold a Sacred Balance with the world we live in, and we should respect the Earth and all the eco-systems in it.
But is it possible to single out a few people out of the many billions who have made contributions so our society and knowledge. I think most of these greatest are the ones who are well known, even though countless people have stayed behind the scenes |
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Snake
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 10/22/2002 : 23:55:12 [Permalink]
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quote:
Well, I don't know if its possible to be the "greatest", but if you mean influential (in a good way), some fine people in their areas might be:
In past history:
KING CHULALONGKORN (Rama V)
Present time:
Yeunyong Ophakul (Ad Carabao)
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jmcginn
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welshdean
Skeptic Friend
United Kingdom
172 Posts |
Posted - 10/31/2002 : 03:54:45 [Permalink]
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quote:
I think it's interesting that Princess Diana and Oliver Cromwell made the early list while Shakespeare just snuck in.
Slater,
the list aint in any particular order, the final (top) 10 is to be voted for over the next few weeks!
You're right on the money tho. I reckon she'd make the top 500 (just) if people voted with their minds instead of the tabloid rag influence.
I believe in nothing; only my scepticism kept me from being an atheist.
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