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Most influentual people of the decades (so far)
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:03 am
by brooksieb
Sorry if you've already posted but i've decided to sort this out by doing this in a decadely order.
30's: Mohatma Gandhi
40's: Adolf Hitler
60's: Martin Luther King
80's: Mikhail Gorbachev?
90's: Slobodan Milosevic
00's: Osama Bin Laden
Some decades i've missed out on because i can't decide or if i've done a question mark it is under question by me.
Re: Most influential people of the 2000's (so far)
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:05 am
by Joodoo
there's gotta be someone else...

can't think of anyone
Re: Most influential people of the 2000's (so far)
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:07 am
by Anarkistsdream
If not Osama, as I said that in the other thread, then here are the others:
W. Bush
Obama
Dalai Lama
Kim Jong-il
Re: Most influential people of the 2000's (so far)
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:07 am
by jay_a2j
I'm holding out for the "Most influential in the last 24 hours" thread.

Re: Most influentual people of the decades (so far)
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:09 pm
by pimpdave
for the 50s, shouldn't it be Kaptain Kangaroo.
And how did Slobodan Milosevic beat *NSYNC for the 90s? I mean like, whatever!
Re: Most influentual people of the decades (so far)
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:33 pm
by kletka
LOL, did you read too much cnn-bbc-fox_news_daily-mail????
Here is my list:
30's: James Joyce
40's: Sergei Prokofiev
50's: Salvador Dali
60's: John Lennon
70's: Muhammad Ali
80's: John Paul, II
90's: Edward Witten
00's: Sergey Brin
Re: Most influentual people of the decades (so far)
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:01 pm
by freddyfarce
DAZMCFC is up there. Or thereabouts. At the end of the day.
When the cliches come home to roost.
Re: Most influentual people of the decades (so far)
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:16 pm
by DAZMCFC
kletka wrote:LOL, did you read too much cnn-bbc-fox_news_daily-mail????
Here is my list:
30's: James Joyce
paddy writer
40's: Sergei Prokofiev
Russian
50's: Salvador Dali
great artist
60's: John Lennon
overated
70's: Muhammad Ali
the best(maybe)
80's: John Paul, II
bollocks
90's: Edward Witten
Who?
00's: Sergey Brin
look above
30's: Adolf Hitler
40's: Winston Churchill
50's: Elvis Pressley(never liked him)
60's: Jim Morrison
70's: Colin Bell
80's: Morrissey
90's: Morrissey
00's: suggs

Re: Most influentual people of the decades (so far)
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:51 pm
by freddyfarce
Welcome to the cheap seats

Re: Most influential people of the 2000's (so far)
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:11 pm
by Iliad
jay_a2j wrote:I'm holding out for the "Most influential in the last 24 hours" thread.

wow two threads about pretty much the same topic. Cause you jay have never posted two or more topics with the same theme, eh jay?
Re: Most influentual people of the decades (so far)
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:36 pm
by Snorri1234
EVERY DECADE NEEDS EDDIE MURPHY!
SERIOUSLY, YOU GUYS SEEN NORBERT RIGHT?
Re: Most influentual people of the decades (so far)
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:46 pm
by freddyfarce
Trading Places was genius
Re: Most influentual people of the decades (so far)
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:48 pm
by pimpdave
And he's got future decades covered, with Pluto Nash.
Re: Most influentual people of the decades (so far)
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:57 pm
by mandalorian2298
DAZMCFC wrote:kletka wrote:LOL, did you read too much cnn-bbc-fox_news_daily-mail????
Here is my list:
30's: James Joyce
paddy writer
40's: Sergei Prokofiev
Russian
50's: Salvador Dali
great artist
60's: John Lennon
overated
70's: Muhammad Ali
the best(maybe)
80's: John Paul, II
bollocks
90's: Edward Witten
Who?
00's: Sergey Brin
look above
30's: Adolf Hitler
40's: Winston Churchill
50's: Elvis Pressley(never liked him)
60's: Jim Morrison
70's: Colin Bell
80's: Morrissey
90's:
Eric Cantona (fixed)
00's: suggs

I respect the fact that you support the City, but c'mon Daz, you can't just rewrite history like that.

Re: Most influentual people of the decades (so far)
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:12 pm
by snow_lynx
What does that mean, "of the decades?" This is an unquantified duration of time. How about King Henry the 8th, who broke England from the Catholic Church... or that one guy, whats his name? You know, the dude that discovered fire. Jimi Hendrix was pretty influential too.
Re: Most influentual people of the decades (so far)
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:12 pm
by Snorri1234
freddyfarce wrote:Trading Places was genius
Word. Brilliant.
Re: Most influential people of the 2000's (so far)
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:25 pm
by jay_a2j
Iliad wrote:jay_a2j wrote:I'm holding out for the "Most influential in the last 24 hours" thread.

wow two threads about pretty much the same topic. Cause you jay have never posted two or more topics with the same theme, eh jay?
Not within 5 minutes of each other.

Re: Most influential people of the 2000's (so far)
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:14 am
by Iliad
jay_a2j wrote:Iliad wrote:jay_a2j wrote:I'm holding out for the "Most influential in the last 24 hours" thread.

wow two threads about pretty much the same topic. Cause you jay have never posted two or more topics with the same theme, eh jay?
Not within 5 minutes of each other.

Cry me a fucking river
Re: Most influentual people of the decades (so far)
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:28 am
by mpjh
30's: Vladimir Lenin
40's: Mao Tse-Tung
50's: Amil Cabral / Che Guevara (revolutionaries in Africa and South America respectively)
60's: Martin Luther King
70's: Ho Chi Min
80's: Pablo Naruda (Chilean Poet)
90's: Rigoberta Menchu Tum (feminist activists among indigenous people of South America)
00's: Hugo Chavez (President of Venezuela)
Re: Most influentual people of the decades (so far)
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 2:35 am
by kletka
mpjh wrote:30's: Vladimir Lenin

He was a mummy by this time. He died in 1924...
And I dont think any politician qualifies anyway. They are all crooks on a payroll of some underground figures.
Re: Most influentual people of the decades (so far)
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:03 am
by mpjh
So Jesus died 2000 years ago and they are still putting him on lists. The question was who was most influential for a particular decade. I think that Lenin had much more influence after his death. In fact, people still read his "What is to be done."
But if you want to be anal:
20's: Vladimir Lenin
30's: Woody Guthrie
40's: Mao Tse-Tung
50's: Amil Cabral / Che Guevara (revolutionaries in Africa and South America respectively)
60's: Martin Luther King
70's: Ho Chi Min
80's: Pablo Naruda (Chilean Poet)
90's: Rigoberta Menchu Tum (feminist activist among indigenous people of South America)
00's: Hugo Chavez (President of Venezuela)
Re: Most influentual people of the decades (so far)
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:24 am
by kletka
mpjh wrote: I think that Lenin had much more influence after his death.
This is your problem: you are thinking too much

It is hard to be influential if you are dead, let alone the most influential person of the decades. OK, 1/3 of the surface of the Earth was covered in 30-s by portraits of grim brothers (Marx-Lenin-Stalin) but I gather only the youngest one had any real influence
It is even more puzzling what makes you put so many politicians on your lists, half of them I have never heard of... Are you nazi-commi-liberal or what?
Let us compare our nominees for the current decade. How many times did you use google this week and how many times were influenced by Hugo CHavez? How does it make Chavez more influential than Brin?

Re: Most influentual people of the decades (so far)
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:43 am
by mpjh
Duh, look them up if you don't know who they are.
20's: Vladimir Lenin
30's: Woody Guthrie
40's: Mao Tse-Tung
50's: Amil Cabral / Che Guevara (revolutionaries in Africa and South America respectively)
60's: Martin Luther King
70's: Ho Chi Min
80's: Pablo Naruda (Chilean Poet)
90's: Rigoberta Menchu Tum (feminist activist among indigenous people of South America)
00's: Hugo Chavez (President of Venezuela)
Chavez and Rigoberta are very influential in the world outside the insular United States teen circuit. Rigoberta won a Nobel Prize. Broaden your horizons a bit.
Re: Most influentual people of the decades (so far)
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:32 am
by kletka
mpjh wrote: Chavez and Rigoberta are very influential in the world outside the insular United States teen circuit. Rigoberta won a Nobel Prize. Broaden your horizons a bit.
Hey, I have nothing to do with USofA and I was a teen when Lenin was alive

I have nothing against Rigoberta but the size of her wiki page does not really justify your positioning her as the most influential person of the 90-ies. But don't give me any shit about peace Nobel prise. I cannot think of a more disgusting award...
Besides, try to argue against my case that Brin is more influential than Chavez...
Broaden your horizons a bit beyond latino communist politics

Re: Most influentual people of the decades (so far)
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:33 am
by got tonkaed
This thread could use some criteria it would seem.
Admittedly id have to say Brin is pretty influential.