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If you could go back in time and watch (but not change) any historical event what would it be?
Crucifixion JFK Assassination 9/11 inside a cockpit pre-TV football match Storming of the Bastille Waterloo Hitler's final hours inside bunker 1966 cup final inside England dressing room Einstein writing E=mc^2 for the first time Mozart's death bed Sistine Chapel ceiling painted D-day The Somme etc
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Thats a difficult one Rob. So many events took on more significance after they had happened. Caesar crossing the Rubicon was probably a bit dull but the result of him doing it changed the world. I think maybe the dropping of the first A bomb over Hiroshima, the battle of Trafalgar, or the liberation of Dachau. None of which were pleasant. I'm sure the longer I think about this the more I can come up with, and picking just one could be incredibly difficult.
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Don’t start me off on claims about Jesus being a historical figure again Rob 😆
I suppose you could come back and say you didn’t say which crucifixion. If it was real and. Could go back at least I could write a record of it (in stone!), bury the account and come back to tell archaeologists where to find it.
But for sheer interest off that list, Waterloo.
An event not on that list I’d pick one of Town’s Cup semi-finals. Or the night I met the missus 😁.
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From your list it would have be the two that are connected. The crucifixion of Jesus and D Day.
Both involve people dying so that others could be saved.
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Some weird choices why would anyone want to watch someone being crucified or blowing their own brains out with his PPK! Out of that list it would be Waterloo and the tactical brilliance of Wellington smashing the French, D day celebrations would be nice to witness along with the England dressing.
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Good opening post Rob. Crucifixion for me . I agree with you Kingston . Would of been fascinating to see what actually happened at the time of the crucifixion. Did Jesus rise from the dead after 3 days or were the guards looking after the tomb bribed etc and his body taken by his followers and buried somewhere else. His followers may of just witnessed a figurative rebirth of Jesus though as opposed to a physical one(though it could of happened). Thus felt him in their subconscious and this renewed their minds and were made better people . As for continued proof of the divine Ive been having this conversation with a few people in my life . I think just recently though as I have alluded to in the past I still go back to nature. Some native American Indian tribes best probably share my view who like me are religious and believe something divine started it all off and put nature at the forefront of things. Go somewhere today where man has not ruined planet earth. Nature in all its unblemished glory. That's the ultimate proof for me of how we should live. Be in harmony with one another and this planet -Gods creation.
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Good opening post Rob. Crucifixion for me . I agree with you Kingston . Would of been fascinating to see what actually happened at the time of the crucifixion. Did Jesus rise from the dead after 3 days or were the guards looking after the tomb bribed etc and his body taken by his followers and buried somewhere else. His followers may of just witnessed a figurative rebirth of Jesus though as opposed to a physical one(though it could of happened). Thus felt him in their subconscious and this renewed their minds and were made better people . As for continued proof of the divine Ive been having this conservation with a few people in my life . I think just recently though as I have alluded to in the past I still go back to nature. The native Americans best probably share my view who like me are religious and believe something divine started it all off and put nature at the forefront of things. Go somewhere today where man has not ruined planet earth. Nature in all its unblemished glory. That's the ultimate proof for me of how we should live. Be in harmony with one another and this planet -Gods creation.
I believe some parts of the Amazon rainforest are now protect areas for the few tribes that still live there. Apart from that man has managed to ruin everywhere else in some form or another. According to hype we're told to believe it's progress!
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I believe some parts of the Amazon rainforest are now protect areas for the few tribes that still live there. Apart from that man has managed to ruin everywhere else in some form or another. According to hype we're told to believe it's progress!
I hope more areas are protected DB. Greed corrupts so many people.
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I would pick being in the same room as Alan Turing and his team when they cracked the Enigma Code.
It has been estimated that the efforts of Turing and his fellow code-breakers shortened the war in Europe by more than two years and saved over 14 million lives.
A national hero that was let down by his country.
"In 2009, following an Internet campaign, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made an official public apology on behalf of the British government for "the appalling way he was treated". Queen Elizabeth II granted Turing a posthumous pardon in 2013. The "Alan Turing law" is now an informal term for a 2017 law in the United Kingdom that retroactively pardoned men cautioned or convicted under historical legislation that outlawed homosexual acts."
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I would pick being in the same room as Alan Turing and his team when they cracked the Enigma Code.
"In 2009, following an Internet campaign, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made an official public apology on behalf of the British government for "the appalling way he was treated". Queen Elizabeth II granted Turing a posthumous pardon in 2013. The "Alan Turing law" is now an informal term for a 2017 law in the United Kingdom that retroactively pardoned men cautioned or convicted under historical legislation that outlawed homosexual acts."
Yes I saw the film "the imitation game "they done on him just the other week . Good film and quite moving. Hated the way he was picked on at school .
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If you could go back in time and watch (but not change) any historical event what would it be?
Crucifixion JFK Assassination 9/11 inside a cockpit pre-TV football match Storming of the Bastille Waterloo Hitler's final hours inside bunker 1966 cup final inside England dressing room Einstein writing E=mc^2 for the first time Mozart's death bed Sistine Chapel ceiling painted D-day The Somme etc
Great thread, though I did find most of this list quite depressing, haha. For me it'd be Mission Control for the moon landing. Or, even better, in Apollo 11!
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Good opening post Rob.
Crucifixion for me .
“Out of the door, line on the left, one cross each”
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I would like to be with Moses when he went up the mountain and spoke to god.
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“Out of the door, line on the left, one cross each”
Horrendous what Jesus endured though prior to his death. Whipped ,mocked and then slow agony until he died. Must of have had some deep belief in the divine to face all of that.
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I would have liked to see
the Great Exhibition of 1851 The gunfight at the OK Corral The opening of the Colosseum The first FA Cup Final The Rainhill Trials Kennedy’s demise The death of Marilyn Monroe
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The day before Fenty took over GTFC and had a word with myself about the next 20 years...
In all seriousness, the crucifixion would be decent, 66 World Cup final, reading festival 1992, the liberation of auzshwitz (impossible to comprehend what it must’ve felt like), possibly the time in Rome leading up to Caesars idea of moving the capital of the empire...
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Would liked to have had some time with Galileo. What a mind he had.
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Would liked to have had some time with Galileo. What a mind he had.
Magnifico...
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Don’t start me off on claims about Jesus being a historical figure again Rob 😆
I suppose you could come back and say you didn’t say which crucifixion. If it was real and. Could go back at least I could write a record of it (in stone!), bury the account and come back to tell archaeologists where to find it.
But for sheer interest off that list, Waterloo.
An event not on that list I’d pick one of Town’s Cup semi-finals. Or the night I met the missus 😁.
First time I've laughed today following last night's disappointment KM - so relatable!! To be honest, I've no great desire to go back to any particular battles etc....although the battle of Old Trafford in 1939 with Wolves would maybe get me interested My dad went there to that game and what it would be to go back in time and watch the game alongside him - a kind of a "Back to the Future" event and even better if we had a different outcome with a Town win
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I would pick being in the same room as Alan Turing and his team when they cracked the Enigma Code.
It has been estimated that the efforts of Turing and his fellow code-breakers shortened the war in Europe by more than two years and saved over 14 million lives.
A national hero that was let down by his country.
"In 2009, following an Internet campaign, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made an official public apology on behalf of the British government for "the appalling way he was treated". Queen Elizabeth II granted Turing a posthumous pardon in 2013. The "Alan Turing law" is now an informal term for a 2017 law in the United Kingdom that retroactively pardoned men cautioned or convicted under historical legislation that outlawed homosexual acts."
Pretty quick for a posthumous pardon , it took 350 years for the Catholic Church to admit Galileo was right all along
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First time I've laughed today following last night's disappointment KM - so relatable!! To be honest, I've no great desire to go back to any particular battles etc....although the battle of Old Trafford in 1939 with Wolves would maybe get me interested My dad went there to that game and what it would be to go back in time and watch the game alongside him - a kind of a "Back to the Future" event and even better if we had a different outcome with a Town win
As soppy as it sounds I’m still glad I met her. (Sick bags over there)
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As soppy as it sounds I’m still glad I met her. (Sick bags over there)
Has your account been hacked KM?
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Has your account been hacked KM?
Got to be careful when someone is looking over your shoulder 😉. Also you have to be on your best behaviour, for example, when you sank two bottles of red the night before.
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The Great Exhibition 1851
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