If you could talk to one famous person from history..who would it be?

[SSP]

Originally posted by: DonaldC
Would this include god? If there is one that would be my choice.

You can do that right now! Get on yer knees and pray!

 

[Schlocemus]

Richard P. Feynman

 

[Hanpan]

I would have to pick one for every century.

For the 20th century I would probably say Richard Feynman.

 

[DonaldC]

Originally posted by: SSP

Originally posted by: DonaldC
Would this include god? If there is one that would be my choice.

You can do that right now! Get on yer knees and pray!

LOL

 

[Martin]

Originally posted by: DonaldC

Originally posted by: SSP

Originally posted by: DonaldC
Would this include god? If there is one that would be my choice.

You can do that right now! Get on yer knees and pray!

LOL

Schizophrenics talk to god all the time. He talks back to them too!

As for me, Einstein I think.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Cuauhtemoc

 

[her209]

Thomas A. Edison

 

[jemcam]

Originally posted by: IamDavid
Wow, so far not one person has mention anyone other then a white male.. Well, I guess that depends on how Jesus looks to you.

Who says Jesus was white? He was born in the Middle east and was a Jew if I'm not mistaken. Was he not called "King of the Jews"? Jews are not European white men.

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: IamDavid
Wow, so far not one person has mention anyone other then a white male.. Well, I guess that depends on how Jesus looks to you.

Plato is considered to be a white male?

I'd like to talk to Jesus, maybe Lao Tzu.

 

[Turin39789]

IFRC, the original jews were black?

 

[mpitts]

Paul McCartney

or

Greg Graffin

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Jesus, yes.

Mortals?

Samuel Johnson. An intellect with a wry humor. My kind of guy.

 

[Dragnov]

Julius Caeser

Then possibly Napoleon or Alexander the Great.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: Turin39789
IFRC, the original jews were black?

The Israelites were Semitic. Read not black

 

[MajesticMoose]

Sir Isaac Newton

 

[thawolfman]

um............no one?

 

[pulse8]

Probably Charlie Chaplin or Orson Welles, but during the Citizen Kane days.

 

[IamDavid]

Plato is considered to be a white male?

Ummm, as far as I know and have been taught, yes.

Who says Jesus was white? He was born in the Middle east and was a Jew if I'm not mistaken. Was he not called "King of the Jews"? Jews are not European white men

Thats why I said "Well, I guess that depends on how Jesus looks to you. " Everyone has a different idea of what Jesus was.
I wasn't trying to make a point about race but a educational point.. Everyone we are taught about in school is either white or someone living among whites.. Our "world history" only involves a quarter of the plane if that.. Its kind of scary if you ask me.

 

[Dragnov]

Originally posted by: IamDavid
Wow, so far not one person has mention anyone other then a white male.. Well, I guess that depends on how Jesus looks to you.

Well considering we live in a history where white males dominated the world, its natural no?

 

[IamDavid]

Originally posted by: Gr1mL0cK

Originally posted by: IamDavid
Wow, so far not one person has mention anyone other then a white male.. Well, I guess that depends on how Jesus looks to you.

Well considering we live in a history where white males dominated the world, its natural no?

For what? The past century or two? Its very ignorant on our part to think "history" began with us and will end with us.

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Originally posted by: jemcam
Definitely Jesus. Interesting thread...

 

[JimmyEatWorld]

Winston Churchill

 

[ndee]

Grand Ma.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Jesus.

 

[Dragnov]

Originally posted by: IamDavid

Originally posted by: Gr1mL0cK

Originally posted by: IamDavid
Wow, so far not one person has mention anyone other then a white male.. Well, I guess that depends on how Jesus looks to you.

Well considering we live in a history where white males dominated the world, its natural no?

For what? The past century or two? Its very ignorant on our part to think "history" began with us and will end with us.

I'm not a white man.

Being American (which at least 95%+ of ATOT is I'm assuming), we learn about white males of America and mainly European history. A few woman and ethnic minorities here and there, and barely touch upon African/Asian history. Our schooling doesn't really go back to Ancient times.... Egypt & the Roman Empire I guess. Those that are older (parents) know even less of ancient history from school.

Americans know close to nothing about influential people outside of American/Europe because they had far less of a direct influence upon us, and thus we show little interest in them.

So I'm saying, isn't it natural that we pick historical white males?

I don't see how I'm being ignorant. I speak the truth. And what do you mean end with us? If we stop it right now and say "history", yes there are more white males to choose out of, that we know about.