Thread: favorite person in history?

Socrates

Ryan Andrew!

No wait..

Penn Jillet, that man opened my eyes to alot of Bullshit in the world.

No contest. DaVinci all the way!

Asterix

EDIT: I meant Peter the Great

Originally Posted by BearsysRevenge

Penn Jillet, that man opened my eyes to alot of Bullshit in the world.

not very fond of penn, some of his topics are interesting though.

King Leonidas.

John Locke

Ron Church. He was a 1960's Huntington Beach, CA, surf contest photographer, among other ocean photography subjects.

http://www.ronchurch.com/ron_church.htm

H.P Lovecraft

Has to be Einstein, i love that lil guy

Originally Posted by meggyfayephotography

Ron Church. He was a 1960's Huntington Beach, CA, surf contest photographer, among other ocean photography subjects.

http://www.ronchurch.com/ron_church.htm

Cool post! where is some of his photography? I dont know enough people to really have a say but Buddha is up there.

Originally Posted by The Question

Cool post! where is some of his photography? I dont know enough people to really have a say but Buddha is up there.

The link I posted should take you right to his website. But for a more direct link: http://www.ronchurch.com/surf_photos.htm

J.K. Rowling

Originally Posted by meggyfayephotography

The link I posted should take you right to his website. But for a more direct link: http://www.ronchurch.com/surf_photos.htm

Ya i was to lazy to sift through the site i saw his pic and wanted to see his photos lol!

Hmm, tough choice... I guess I would have to say Alexander the Great.

Wow, there are too many, but I'll say William Wallace, I think, followed by Samuel Langhorne Clemens. A cool fact, since my name is Josh: he often signed sketches "Josh" until 1863, before settling on Mark Twain as his pen name.

I think the most impressive action I know of was performed by George Washington. He lived under the most powerful government in the world. He gave that government the middle finger and became the the head general in defeating that government in a war to take away their rule over his land, and then he started his own government, which became the most powerful government in the world. I swear I am not biased by patriotism or anything on that. I would say that even if I lived on Mars. It is honestly the most impressive thing I have ever heard of. However, he was a slave owner, and that really screws up my image of him. So I would have to say Albert Einstein is the most fascinating person who ever lived. He figured out the universe to an extreme extent beyond what had been known previously, and his ability to come up with equations that explain the nature of the universe was astoundingly fascinating.

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

However, he was a slave owner, and that really screws up my image of him

Maybe the reputations of our current great people will be marred in the minds of future generations because they eat meat or some such thing.

Not being sarcastic.

Just saying that individuals can't always clearly see the evils of the culture in which they live.

Not saying saying eating meat is evil either!
Oooooooooh, I shouldn't get involved in serious threads!

I'll shut up now

Just saying that individuals can't always clearly see the evils of the culture in which they live.

True, but they still should. All it takes is a little self honesty and a separation from majority thinking. Still, it seems that stupidity will always be the majority vote, because people seem to have this need for the approval of others.

Originally Posted by skysaw

No contest. DaVinci all the way!

If Da Vinci knew that Dan Brown would write that book about him I think he would have used his umbilical cord as a noose.

I don't know. Shakespeare? Lots of people to choose from.

Maybe like Plato, or Da Vinci or someone.

Originally Posted by Identity X

If Da Vinci knew that Dan Brown would write that book about him I think he would have used his umbilical cord as a noose.

DaVinci would turn Dan Brown to a pile of dust with one glare if they ever met.

Godel