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Historical leaders you wish you could meet and hang out with
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:49 pmby The High Tatras
Sometimes I read about historical leaders and think that they are very interesting characters. Sometimes I think they would even be interesting people to meet and get to know as a person. When I choose historical leaders that I would like to meet, I try to view them through an apolitical perspective, thinking of them as unique individuals and not as politicians. Nor do I judge them by the political decisions they made. Some examples of historical leaders that I think might be fun to meet and hang out with include Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, Ludwig II of Bavaria, and Harun al-Rashid. There are numerous others, but they escape me at the moment.
What historical leaders do you think would be interesting to know (and remember, do not take their politics into account)?
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:53 pmby Blazedtown
Vlad the Impaler seems like he would have been a fun guy.
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:57 pmby Souseiseki
chavez :-(
e: no seriously, i think it'd have been an awesomely fun experience
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:59 pmby Mistelemr
Mandela V.V
But also maybe Alexander the Great, or Attila the Hun, cause I imagine with the messes those guys left behind, they really knew how to party!
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:00 pmby Vareiln
Nestor Makhno.
Oh yes
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:01 pmby Lianhua (Ancient)
Either Chiang Kai Shek, Sun Yan Sen, Cao Cao, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Date Masamune or Oswald Mosley.
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:04 pmby New Nassrau
Seleucis I Nicator, Antiochus III, Thomas Jefferson, Anne of Brittany, Theodora, Chiang-Kai-Shek, Ronald Reagan
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:05 pmby Saint Kitten
Mark Twain- seems like a fun guy (he's a leader in writing, I count this as a loophole)
Julius Caesar- just read the Shakespearian tragedy about him, it would be cool seeing him in person
Thomas Jefferson- just a smart guy in general
Hitler- just so I could slap him
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:06 pmby First Valerian Empire
Napoleon I, George Washington, Frederick the Great, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar, Adolf Hitler, Otto von Bismark, Teddy R, Bill Clinton, and the first chinese Emperor(cant spell name).
Yes; im military obsessed.
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:08 pmby Arabic Spain
Darius I , Arminius , William the Conquer , and Constatine.
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:11 pmby Seljuq Kyiv
In matters of military, Sun Tzu, Tsubodai, and Tamerlane. In matters of politicking, Stalin, Augustus and Bismarck.
Also probably Qin Shi Huang, Muhammad Ali Pasha and Theodore Roosevelt, because badass.
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:18 pmby Britain and Brittany
Winston Churchill, Queen Victoria, and Jesus.
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:19 pmby Britain and Brittany
Britain and Brittany wrote:Winston Churchill, Queen Victoria, and Jesus.
And King Frederick the Great
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:20 pmby Arabic Spain
Britain and Brittany wrote:Winston Churchill, Queen Victoria, and Jesus.
I'm not suprised.
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:21 pmby Typhonia
Jesus, Hitler, Stalin, and Mohammed. I would be sure to bring my AK-47 to this hangout.
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:22 pmby Seljuq Kyiv
Typhonia wrote:Jesus, Hitler, Stalin, and Mohammed. I would be sure to bring my AK-47 to this hangout.
I take it that you don't wish to discuss the steps necessary in assembling, disassembling, and cleaning the Kalashnikov model, huh?
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:37 pmby Frisivisia
Typhonia wrote:Jesus, Hitler, Stalin, and Mohammed. I would be sure to bring my AK-47 to this hangout.
6edge
Personally, I think meeting FDR would be fascinating.
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:55 pmby Arumdaum
First Valerian Empire wrote:Napoleon I, George Washington, Frederick the Great, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar, Adolf Hitler, Otto von Bismark, Teddy R, Bill Clinton, and the first chinese Emperor(cant spell name).
Yes; im military obsessed.
Is Qin Shi Huang really that hard to spell? Haha.
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:58 pmby Estado Paulista
Bill Clinton, Deodoro da Fonseca, Francisco Solano López, Porfírio Diaz, Jimmy Carter, Emílio Médici.
Also, Pepe Mujica.
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 11:00 pmby Death Metal
They have to be leaders huh?
...Hm.
Okay, me, Clinton, Franklin, William Wallace (he lead an army, that counts!), the Dalai Lama, and Nelson Mandela.
At Xanadu.
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Tue Dec 10, 2013 11:00 pmby Costa Fierro
Souseiseki wrote:chavez :-(
e: no seriously, i think it'd have been an awesomely fun experience
He could give you one of his penis phones.
As for moi, probably John Ballance.
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Wed Dec 11, 2013 12:09 amby First Valerian Empire
Is Qin Shi Huang really that hard to spell? Haha.
Actually when one is in the middle of a brain fart; yes.
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Wed Dec 11, 2013 1:07 amby Seljuq Kyiv
First Valerian Empire wrote:Is Qin Shi Huang really that hard to spell? Haha.
Actually when one is in the middle of a brain fart; yes.
https://www.google.com/search?q=first+c ... 2&ie=UTF-8
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Wed Dec 11, 2013 1:09 amby The Outer Isles
Kaiser Wilhem II and the imperial German military staff. Probably tell them what they need to do to win the first world war.
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Wed Dec 11, 2013 1:10 amby Albicia
The Empress Matilda, Joan de Arc and Constantine XI.