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02-05-2019, 06:14 PM
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Greatest Person of the 20th Century
All very subjective but interesting. Who would you choose as the greatest person of the 20th century.
Over the past few weeks there has been an interesting programme on BBC over here. The objective to see who the public thinks the greatest person of the 20th century.
Each week a different category was explored and a winner voted for by the public from a shortlist of four. The seven category winners went to a final where a public vote came up with the winner.
The shortlists were as follows. The winner of each category is in bold
Leaders: Nelson Mandela, Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher, Franklin D Roosevelt
Explorers: Ernest Shackleton, Neil Armstrong, Gertrude Bell, Jane Goodall
Scientists: Alan Turing, Einstein, Marie Curie, Tu Youyou
Entertainers: David Bowie, Charlie Chaplin, Billie Holliday, Marylin Monroe
Activists: Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Helen Keller, Emmeline Pankhurst
Sports: Muhammad Ali, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Billie Jean King, Pele
Artists & Writers: Picasso, Alfred Hitchcock, Andy Warhol, Virginia Woolf
The eventual overall winner was Alan Turing. Well deserved in my opinion.
Who would you nominate?
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02-05-2019, 06:42 PM
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George C Marshall
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02-05-2019, 07:27 PM
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OK,I'll cry uncle.Just who are Emmeline Pankhurst ,Tannia Grey-Thompson and Tu Youyou?
Rhetorical question but the fact that I have to consult Wikipedia to find out means they couldn't be that influential.
As for the list,I would put FDR as he guided the country through the two most traumatic
events of the 20th century- the Depression and WW 2. Mandela has to be given major props for courage , grace and forgiveness but he was tied to one mid-sized country.
Interesting there was no category for business.You don't think Henry Ford and Akio Morita (Sony) had a profound influence on the world?
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02-05-2019, 07:41 PM
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Bill Wilson
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02-05-2019, 08:13 PM
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Albert Schweitzer
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02-05-2019, 08:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TJDave
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Good one!
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02-05-2019, 08:44 PM
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Whoever said...
A lie told often enough becomes the truth.
The goal of socialism is communism.
Fascism is capitalism in decay.
We're joking here, right? 
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02-05-2019, 10:08 PM
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No contest
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Want to know what's wrong with this country?
Here it is, in a nutshell: Millions of people are
pinning their hopes on a man who has every
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he can manage to stay out of prison. Think about it.
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02-05-2019, 11:49 PM
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Quote:
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I can agree with this.
Also, 21st century is obvious.
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02-06-2019, 10:58 PM
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Nelson Mandela was actually a communist.
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02-06-2019, 11:04 PM
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Very easy selection.
He's white, he's heterosexual and he drinks.
Winston Churchill.
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02-06-2019, 11:07 PM
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Smarty Pants
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ok, all three are irrelevant but he still wins!
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02-06-2019, 11:10 PM
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Smarty Pants
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Did I ever tell you I picked up a book and read it every once in a while?
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02-06-2019, 11:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Buckeye
Did I ever tell you I picked up a book and read it every once in a while?
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"Self Help For Trolls"? Did you get to page four yet?
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02-06-2019, 11:50 PM
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