Mankind's most defining moments

[paul_valaru]

"i have become death, the destroyer of worlds"


Robert J. Oppenheimer, when he saw the fruits of his labour, the first atomic explosion.

It changed the face of our world, how we fought war, how we veiwed the planet.

 

[IDLEchild]

Negative: The election of Adolf Hitler to head of Germany.

How is that so negative?

 

[Mirlyn]

Yes but ti doesn't fit the description of forever changing how we live

Try telling that to anyone who was alive and remembers it.

 

[BeardofPants]

Try telling that to anyone who was alive and remembers it.

Yeah right. With all those drugs they smoked, nobody's gonna remember anything!

 

[MrBishop]

How is that so negative?

His personal aspirations and beliefs regarding jews, homosexuals and gypsies became reality instead of the musings of an unknown painter. If he hadn't been elected, the whole Nazi party would not have garnered the power to do that much damage. Like him or not, Adolf was a very powerful presence and influential figure, replacing a weak leader. He changed the path that Germany was taking forever.

 

[rrfield]

War of the Worlds. Proved how convincing mass media can be OR it proved how gullible the masses are. Either way, the world hasn't been the same since.

rrfield

 

[PostCode]

Sir Thomas Crapper

If it weren't him, reading Field and Stream on the crapper would never have happened.