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If you could turn back time
10-19-2007, 08:12 AM
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If you could turn back time
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Posts: 842
Name: Rich Powell
Location: United Kingdom
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What would you do if you could turn back time?
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10-19-2007, 08:33 AM
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Re: If you could turn back time
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Posts: 639
Name: Steve
Location: Birmingham, England
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Go back in time? Probably to the wild west mainly because I love that time in history.
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During the 1720's, the golden age of piracy, again because I love pirate stories and reading about them. Currently reading 'Under the Black Flag' by David Cordingly. For anyone who likes pirates, then this book is a must.
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10-19-2007, 09:30 AM
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Re: If you could turn back time
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I think Rich means what would you do if you could go back and change things, perhaps in your life, or in history.
I'm not really sure. I mean you could say things like "I'd kill Hitler and ensure that 6 million Jews survived" but then that would lead to other problems - they'd be a replacement for Hitler inevitably, and that could be even worse (perhaps this replacement guy would win the second world war).
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10-19-2007, 09:57 AM
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Name: Steve
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Wasn't to sure if he meant back in time, or to change something.
In terms of changing something, I'm not sure if there is anything that I would like to change. If you changed something then that could lead to bigger problems, but it could also be the other way round.
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10-19-2007, 10:58 AM
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Yeh I think you'd have to look at this from a philosophical angle (i.e. the sort of thing that people think of when they smoke weed, this being an example! lol)
Changing something could possibly create bigger problems in the future - it reminds me of the butterfly effect, that a butterfly fluttering in the Brazilian rainforest could cause hurricanes in the Carribean. I don't actually take that literally, but very small changes could make massive differences to the world in 100 years. For example, something as little as getting to the office 10 minutes late one day could lead to an economic collapse in 100 years time! That's unlikely too, but small changes can lead to much bigger ones. |
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10-19-2007, 11:47 AM
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Re: If you could turn back time
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Name: Stephanie
Location: Oklahoma
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weird! I was just thinking about this on my way to work this morning!
I have made a lot of mistakes in my life and a lot of times I wish I could go back and change things. But then again, I start thinking like you guys think....if I change that, what if things turn out worse?
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10-19-2007, 11:56 AM
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Re: If you could turn back time
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Posts: 842
Name: Rich Powell
Location: United Kingdom
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Quote:
Originally Posted by whym
I think Rich means what would you do if you could go back and change things, perhaps in your life, or in history.
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Correct, sorry about the confusion. |
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10-19-2007, 12:14 PM
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Re: If you could turn back time
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Posts: 5,662
Name: John Alexander
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Quote:
Originally Posted by whym
I'm not really sure. I mean you could say things like "I'd kill Hitler and ensure that 6 million Jews survived" but then that would lead to other problems - they'd be a replacement for Hitler inevitably, and that could be even worse (perhaps this replacement guy would win the second world war).
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6 million Jews, and 5 million non Jews. Sorry, not trying to get political, but we can't forget the Catholics and the Armenians and the unionists and the gays and
Personally I'd go back to Florida in 2000 and tell people to make sure it's really clear on who they're voting for. |
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10-19-2007, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Learning Newbie
6 million Jews, and 5 million non Jews. Sorry, not trying to get political, but we can't forget the Catholics and the Armenians and the unionists and the gays
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Yes I didn't mention those and probably should have. The Holocaust wasn't just Jews, it was a genocide against all of Hitler's undesirables. |
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10-19-2007, 01:10 PM
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Name: John Alexander
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Yeah. I'm not trying to scorn you, I just have a pet peeve that everybody seems to forget the other 5 million or so. The Nazis took out about 11 million people total. I come from Russian heritage, so this is something my family talked about a lot when I was young. I always wondered why to most people the Holocaust was only against the Jewish people? They were hit very hard and made an easy scapegoat, but that black period in history affected just about everyone.
That would obviously be everyone's 1st choice, to go back and prevent this. Only, you hit the nail right on the head. If it wasn't Hitler, it would have been someone else. It seems like in the early 1900s that part of Europe was like the Middle East today.
K, I've digressed enough.
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10-19-2007, 01:25 PM
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I wouldn't say it was like the Middle East is now, but then again it was due to the West.
The USA and the British forced Germany to pay a huge amount of money, which combined with the depression from 1929 onwards, was a ticking time bomb. It's no wonder that the German people thought the only escape was through electing someone like Hitler
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10-19-2007, 05:51 PM
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Name: Clinton Skakun
Location: Canada South side/West side
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I wouldn't then I would have to work all over again...
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10-19-2007, 06:07 PM
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If Hiroshima and Nagasaki hadn't been bombed, then it would have lead to the loss of millions of servicemen who would have had to fight in close combat with the Japanese. The Japanese would have died rather than surrender - it would have been a massacre of life.
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10-19-2007, 07:14 PM
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Re: If you could turn back time
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But that still means that millions would die invading the country
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10-19-2007, 07:20 PM
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Re: If you could turn back time
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Name: Tim Daily
Location: Apex, NC, US, Sol 3
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Hah! You're not thinking big enough. I'd travel back several million years, stick a big black monolith up in the camps of our distant ancestors with my mug on it, so that when I returned all would worship me.
Mwah, hah haaaah!!!
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10-19-2007, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by kingdomathand
a comment, Actually according the Scriptures and the jew story there are just about 6 thaousand years of history since Eden ....
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While the whole Creation vs Evolution and/or Age of the Earth thing is interesting, I don't think it should be discussed in this thread. |
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10-19-2007, 09:33 PM
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Re: If you could turn back time
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Name: Tim Daily
Location: Apex, NC, US, Sol 3
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Respectfully, Alvaro, it was a joke, with a reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey. Whym's right, that debate's a moot point, we're simply not going to agree. Besides, if I had been serious, I'd have thought you'd have jumped on wanting to go back in time to take God's place....
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10-19-2007, 11:46 PM
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Re: If you could turn back time
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Posts: 5,045
Location: øz
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Hello if i could turn back time i wouldnt have done off topic posts! Have a good time you guys, and a nice sabbath-rest
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10-20-2007, 01:11 AM
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Name: Clarisse
Location: Somewhere far
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I'll make my mistakes right if ever |
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10-20-2007, 01:20 AM
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Re: If you could turn back time
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Posts: 5,489
Name: Kandi
Location: Western NY
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If I could turn back time I would spend more time or at least appreciate more the time I had with loved ones who have died.
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