They blew it.
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@renauda said in They blew it.:
I know this is all in fun but I nominate Nicholas II. He could have prevented most
If not all of what ensued.Oh, if we're going down that road, then Lord North and George III.
Well there’s that too. I forgot about that in all the current concern about Putin attacking Ukraine - an act, when it happens, whose origins will undoubtedly be traced back to Nicholas’ already dubious imperial legacy.
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@george-k said in They blew it.:
Nominations for historical figures who could have been remembered as great but who blew it in horrific fashion.
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Judas
Hindenburg. What he's remembered for literally went up in flames
Charles Lindbergh
OJ Simpson
Henry VIII
Napoleon
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in They blew it.:
Nominations for historical figures who could have been remembered as great but who blew it in horrific fashion.
Other replies:
Judas
Hindenburg. What he's remembered for literally went up in flames
Charles Lindbergh
OJ Simpson
Henry VIII
Napoleon
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Judas
Many have mused on this— that there might have been a St Judas Iscariot.
I’m agnostic.
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Jesus.
He had a really good start. But I like people who weren't crucified.
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@mik said in They blew it.:
Hitler, FTW. Had it made, if he had just forgotten about the master race, Jews and conquest.
Yeah, he'd have been a rather average portrait painter and multiple winner of Charlie Chaplin lookalike competitions.
