13-02-2002 11:50									#1
	If you could go back in time and change 1 thing in history what would it be? Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

not like time travel is possible or ever will be. But I would like to see the responses.

Would you go back and kill Hitler?

Or would you go back and have sex with Cleopatra?

Just one thing you would change.

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	13-02-2002 11:52									#2
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I would actually apply myself in my Freshman year of college.

	13-02-2002 11:56									#3
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quote: Originally posted by Dissident Just one thing you would change.

Well changing one thing in history won't change the amount of misery, injustice, etc. that has occurred.

So I would change something in my life.

	13-02-2002 20:54									#4
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I'd have made myself go to bed earlier last night.

	13-02-2002 20:57									#5
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I would've nuked the Roman army on it's way to Israel. No death of more than million Jews in that war, no exile, no persecution, no holocaust, pretty good chances for an Israeli super power few hundreds years later.

	13-02-2002 20:57									#6
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I wouldn't change anything because doing something that stupid might cause the universe to explode...or somesuch. Then, what would be the point?

	13-02-2002 21:01									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Eli I would've nuked the Roman army on it's way to Israel.

They were only doing what the modern State of Isreal would have done: respond forcibly to the actions of a terrorist organization. And you would condemn them to death for such a noble act. How very Arafat of you!

	13-02-2002 21:06									#8
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quote: Originally posted by DinoDoc They were only doing what the modern State of Isreal would have done: respond forcibly to the actions of a terrorist organization. And you would condemn them to death for such a noble act. How very Arafat of you!

You cant apply modern definitions to things happened 2000 years ago. Because then everyone would've been Nazis and terrorists.

	13-02-2002 21:08									#9
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Killed Marx. The world wasn't ready.

Communism as it evolved helped the Nazis to power, and led to some of the cruelist dictatorships in modern history.

Without a Cold War, perhaps Americans wouldn't be so damned jingoistic either.

	13-02-2002 21:15									#10
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Make sure that British cooking would never get off their island

Then again maybe not, I would probably change something in my own life...but if I would change something in my own life would I become what I am so that I could change something in the past?

Time traveling is weird...

Maybe I should say hi to myself.

	13-02-2002 21:24									#11
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I'd have asked Bill & Paul if they needed help raising capital for that little software startup of theirs.

	13-02-2002 22:08									#12
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This probably doesn't count, but I'd like to go back in time and take a sample of Christ's DNA, just to see if there was anything remarkable about it when I brought it back here for analysis.

Wouldn't it be weird to clone him?

	13-02-2002 22:19									#13
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Made myself Emporer of the Roman's

Then I'd be able to change many things

	13-02-2002 22:27									#14
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Back in 334 B.C. meet Alexander the Great and tell him to go WEST!

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Which ever event is responsible for humans being around.

	13-02-2002 22:34									#16
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I would go back in time with an entire library and teach the Romans how to make/use steam engines, electricity, penicilline, gunpowder, etc. I'd also tell them to kill anyone who claims there is only 1 god and show them a globe of the earth.

	13-02-2002 22:35									#17
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quote: Originally posted by Osweld Which ever event is responsible for humans being around.

Crap, you beat me to it.

	13-02-2002 22:43									#18
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quote: Originally posted by paiktis22 Back in 334 B.C. meet Alexander the Great and tell him to go WEST!

and he would tell you? What can I gain from those barbarrians. Perhaps you would be lucky enough to become one of Aristotels pupils to educate you that there is nothing interesting there.

I'd go back a week and fill in correct lottery winning numbers fro once

	13-02-2002 22:46									#19
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quote: Originally posted by OneFootInTheGrave and he would tell you? What can I gain from those barbarrians. Perhaps you would be lucky enough to become one of Aristotels pupils to educate you that there is nothing interesting there. I'd go back a week and fill in correct lottery winning numbers fro once

bar,bar,bar
I would present my case on a macropolitical scale (like 3000 years in the futur )
Of course you are right. Also the threat was from Persia (the riches too )

	13-02-2002 23:47									#20
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clone christ. that is the craziest thing I ever seen. I like it. That would be worth it just piss christians off.

As for the Romans. Much can be said about them. They influenced the world a great deal. And not just Roman numerals . they accomplished a lot despite having no 0. Imagine the Roman empires surviving another 500 years, or even into modern times . That seems unlikely, because eventualy other nations would gain their knowledge.

as for me. I'd do something sublte. I don't know much about the economy. But I would take steps to prevent the great depression in the 30's. And would hope that in turn would reduce the extent of ww2. Who knows, ww2 might have been just a small conflict if things were different.

	14-02-2002 00:06									#21
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Cloning Christ would be fun, but I think I'd go back and persuade Pilate not to crucify Him. I can't imagine what the ramifications would be of Christ living to a ripe old age and dying of natural causes, but it would sure be interesting to find out.

Second choice would be doing something to assure that the Union lost the Civil War. Not only would the impact on world history be fascinating (imagine the 20th century without the US as a world power), but Bush, Clinton, Gingrich, Helmes, Lott, Delay, Gramm, Armey, and Thurmond would all be some other country's problem.

	14-02-2002 00:12									#22
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I suppose I would be part of the north as my state was incorporated into the union in 1864. The union needed the silver to fund the war.

But that would be interesting. But I don't think the effects would be that bad. I believe the 2 nations would be like the U.S. and Canada. They would never fight each other again. They would be allies. Both nations would have went to war in WW2. And both would have been victorious. Although what would happen after the war, would be interesting. So instead of a cold war with 2 nations, you would have 3 nations.

	14-02-2002 00:23									#23
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How would you persuade Pontios Pilatos to not crusify Jesus Christ? He would just keep washing his hands.
Haven't you seen Jesus of Nazareth by Jefireli (sp?) it explains all the political implications. You won't even have to read the bible

	14-02-2002 00:24									#24
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quote: Originally posted by Dissident I suppose I would be part of the north as my state was incorporated into the union in 1864. The union needed the silver to fund the war.

Unless the South managed to win in '63, which is certainly imagineable. Back in the 30s, I think, several historians wrote a book speculating on this scenario, and suggested that Texas would secede from the CSA and form a third, western country.

quote: But that would be interesting. But I don't think the effects would be that bad. I believe the 2 nations would be like the U.S. and Canada. They would never fight each other again. They would be allies. Both nations would have went to war in WW2. And both would have been victorious. Although what would happen after the war, would be interesting. So instead of a cold war with 2 nations, you would have 3 nations.

Or 4, as above. But that assumes the countries would get along. it's also possible that the CSA would have prologed slavery and then, when it was no longer economically viable, set up something like Apartheid, thus becoming the Western Hemisphere's South Africa and a pariah in the world's eyes. But, yeah, it would be interesting to find out, wouldn't it?

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quote: Originally posted by paiktis22 How would you persuade Pontios Pilatos to not crusify Jesus Christ? He would just keep washing his hands. Haven't you seen Jesus of Nazareth by Jefireli (sp?) it explains all the political implications. You won't even have to read the bible

Well, since I 'd be a traveller from the future, and since the Roman's believed in seers, oracles, and the like, maybe I could give him a glimpse of what Christianity was going to mean for the future of the Empire. I imagine that would do it.

	14-02-2002 00:30									#26
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well christianity per se didn't do that much to the roman empire since it adapted to it and became.. holy roman empire
it was the barbarians that tore it down (actually they inflitarted and desotryed its norms way before that happened).

I think bribery would work better

	14-02-2002 00:33									#27
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Q: If you could go back in time and change 1 thing in history what would it be?
A: Make sure the US never existed


Nah, too predictable answer.

Q: If you could go back in time and change 1 thing in history what would it be?
A: Stop the Kennedy assasination.

	14-02-2002 00:36									#28
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What I would do if I get one trip back in time:

Before the trip I would learn to read/write old Egyptian language.
The trip would then go back to the time when Cleopatra was about to get the trone (sp?). After marrying her I'm going to write something on some wall, that they need to find a guy named Osama and kill him before he plays dirty games After writing that, I go back to Cleopatra to have some fun with her

	14-02-2002 00:46									#29
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Assassinate Lenin immediately after the February Revolution in Russia.

	14-02-2002 00:54									#30
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Prevent the 4th Crusade from happening.