Which 20th century icon would you bring back to hear their thoughts?

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Say you had the ability to bring back to life one prominent figure who lived and died in the 20th century for a week so they could observe the state of the world today and share their thoughts on it, who would you bring back and why?

John Wayne	1
Orson Welles	0
Ernest Hemingway	3
Albert Einstein	8
Salvador Dali	0
Adolf Hitler	8
Kurt Cobain	1
John Lennon	5
John F. Kennedy	1
Biggie Smalls	0
Mother Teresa	2
Andy Warhol	0
Charlie Chaplin	0
Ghandi	1
Winston Churchill	2
Other (comment)	7

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Aliceee93

9 years ago

Freddie Mercury.
Need I say why?

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- wistfulmaiden
  
  9 years ago
  
  Yes!
  
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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  9 years ago
  
  No, no you don't. The world desperately needs a Freddie Mercury back :)
  
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    9 years ago
    
    :)
    
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sux

9 years ago

Richard nixon is the best president of all time no lie

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TrustMeImLying

9 years ago

Nikola Tesla and Frederic Chopin

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- Shackleford96
  
  9 years ago
  
  +1 on Nikola Tesla, that dude was phenomenal!
  
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quai

9 years ago

It's a good list and an interesting question. I really did have a good ponder on this and I chose Dali. I am a fan of those who define reality, but I'm a greater fan of those who understand what is beyond it.

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  9 years ago
  
  Thank you. And thanks for explaining your choice in your comment.
  
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GiveMeAFuckingNameAlready!

9 years ago

Tupac Shakur

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- Avant-Garde
  
  9 years ago
  
  Good choice. It's a shame that he isn't here today to write a thought provoking album on the state of the world today. Or, would he have sold himself out by this time?
  
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  - GiveMeAFuckingNameAlready!
    
    9 years ago
    
    Tupac believed everyone should have the same social and civil rights. With police brutality on the rise and the conflict in Ferguson. I suspect he would have had a huge impact on "urban youth".
    
    "Keep your head up, legs closed, eyes open" - Tupac Shakur
    
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      9 years ago
      
      Yeah tupac was a visionary and above all, a writer. A man of incredible talent that saw the hypocrisies as well as he expressed them.
      
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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  9 years ago
  
  good one. so he could observe the state of hip hop? It's sold out big time. At least underground hip hop is still quality.
  
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  - GiveMeAFuckingNameAlready!
    
    9 years ago
    
    Tupac was greater then hip hop. That man divided a nation.
    
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anti-hero

9 years ago

Eddie Rabbitt.

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  9 years ago
  
  cool. why'd you choose him? what do you think he'd think of the world today?
  
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  - anti-hero
    
    9 years ago
    
    I like him haha and he would hate it, he was old school.
    
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thegypsysailor

9 years ago

I've always felt that had Lennon lived, the world might be a little better place.

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- Petrichor.
  
  9 years ago
  
  You are joking, right?
  
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  - thegypsysailor
    
    9 years ago
    
    About what?
    
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    - Petrichor.
      
      9 years ago
      
      About the world might being a little better place if Lennon lived. Was that sarcasm, or were you being serious?
      
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      - thegypsysailor
        
        9 years ago
        
        Absolutely serious. Just a few years after becoming a celebrity he (and the Beatles) were much, much more well known in the world than jesus christ ever was. With that kind of notoriety and a desire for a kind, peaceful world, what might he have been able to accomplish?
        
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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  9 years ago
  
  yeah imagine all the people living life in peace...
  
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  - thegypsysailor
    
    9 years ago
    
    Oh, the horror.
    
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    - Anonymous Post Author
      
      9 years ago
      
      The world always assassinates people of high ideology because they pose the greatest threat to those in power.
      
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Petrichor.

9 years ago

There are too many opinions about the world already, it'd make do difference what any of those people think. I'd let them stay dead in that regard.

But, I would rather bring them back so they could tell me what - if anything - happens after you die. Now that would be extremely useful information.

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  9 years ago
  
  I think the soul dies with the body, in fact I'm almost sure of it.
  
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  - Petrichor.
    
    9 years ago
    
    Maybe. But if soul just dies when we do, why do we even have them then? I mean, animals are soulless and they're alive, so why can't we live without them, too?
    
    Sorry, I'm not asking you, that's just a random thought.
    
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disthing

9 years ago

Ahmad Shah Massoud.

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Shackleford96

9 years ago

I'd bring back Jimmy Hendrix, or Janis Joplin.

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Holzman_67

9 years ago

Charlie Chaplin. And after a week I think he would probably think the same thing he thought of the world over 70 years ago;

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WibmcsEGLKo" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WibmcsEGLKo</a>

shows how far we've come :/

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iEatZombies_

9 years ago

Unfortunately, I'm horrible with names. There was a mathematician who went insane trying to find an equation for God. He got so close he could taste it, then it all went to hell.. No pun intended. I wish I could remember his name. Anywho, with the information of today and our reaches into therapy, I wonder how it could turn for him. Not just on that issue, but others.

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- iEatZombies_
  
  9 years ago
  
  Georg Cantor.
  Found him.
  
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Dulse.

9 years ago

From your list, Albert Einstein.

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Avant-Garde

9 years ago

I am very attempted to say Adolph Hitler. But, instead, I'll have to go with Amelia Earheart, assuming she died, that is.

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  9 years ago
  
  that's an interesting answer. Why did you choose Amelia Earheart? What do you think she would've thought of the world today?
  
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  - Avant-Garde
    
    9 years ago
    
    I chose her for two reasons. The first is that she used to be one of my role models when I was a child. The other is that her disappearance and the theories surrounding it have long held my fascination.
    
    I'm not sure. There are some things happening nowadays that she might actually be okay with. That's part of the appeal of being able to bring her back. The excitement in not knowing.
    
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TheWeasel

9 years ago

All I can think about is painal.

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kupokupo

9 years ago

Oliver Cromwell.

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- kupokupo
  
  9 years ago
  
  Just realised it said 20th century. William Shakespeare.
  
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    9 years ago
    
    you're good at this
    
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    - kupokupo
      
      9 years ago
      
      I had so many more, but I thought I picked out the best. Also on my mind was:
      
      Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson,
      Antonio Lucio Vivaldi,
      Mary, Queen of Scots (obviously),
      Leonardo da Vinci,
      Galileo Galilei,
      and Duncan Farquharson Gregory for style points due to his name.
      
      Edit: Oh yeah, Jesus too.
      
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      - Anonymous Post Author
        
        9 years ago
        
        Wow the 20th century housed some incredible people right?!?
        Man Leonardo must of been OLD when he died!
        
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        9 years ago
        
        Like 500 years old! That's a good innings!
        
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