proof that people are retarded.
[URL=http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=508517]click[/URL]
[i][b]Real people that some believe never existed[/b]
Ethelred the Unready King of England 978 to 1016 - 63 per cent
William Wallace 13th-century Scottish hero - 42 per cent
Benjamin Disraeli Prime minister and founder of the modern Tory party - 40 per cent
Genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror - 38 per cent
Benito Mussolini, Fascist dictator, 33 per cent
Adolf Hitler - 11 per cent
Winston Churchill - 9 per cent
[b]Real events some people believe never took place[/b]
Battle of the Bulge 52 per cent
Battle of Little Big Horn Scene of Custer's last stand - 48 per cent
Hundred Years' War 44 per cent
Cold War - 32 per cent
Battle of Hastings, 15 per cent
[b]Fictional characters who we believe were real[/b]
King Arthur , mythical monarch of the Round Table - 57 per cent
Robin Hood - 27 per cent
Conan the Barbarian - 5 per cent
Richard Sharpe , fictional cad and warrior - 3 per cent
Edmund Blackadder - 1 per cent
Xena Warrior Princess - 1 per cent
[b]Fictional events that we believe did take place[/b]
War of the Worlds , Martian invasion - 6 per cent
Battle of Helms Deep , Rings Trilogy - The Two Towers - 3 per cent
Battle of Endor , The Return of the Jedi - 2 per cent
Planet of the Apes , the apes rule Earth - 1 per cent
Battlestar Galactica , the defeat of humanity by cyborgs - 1 per cent[/i]
why am i not surprised...?
"when i pray, and sometimes i do, i pray to myself...and sometimes, if i'm lucky, i answer myself."
I was gonna say "You needed proof?" but Morey got here first.
And King Arthur and Robin Hood were based upon real individuals about whom a great deal of mythology sprung.
Of course, effectively 100% of people believe Christopher Colombus was a real person. (Really, he was two people, neither of whom was named "Christopher Colombus". Nor do they know which one did what.)
no but...Hitler wasn't real? where the fuck do they get these people?
"when i pray, and sometimes i do, i pray to myself...and sometimes, if i'm lucky, i answer myself."
Monster Truck Rallies?
[QUOTE=suicidegrrrl]no but...Hitler wasn't real? where the fuck do they get these people?[/QUOTE]
holocaust denial. it's a major tenet of chriatian white supremecy
But Holocaust deniers aand/or revisionists don't deny the [i]existence[/i] of Hitler; they say that he is just misunderstood, and that the actions of a few of his overzealous military are greatly exagerated.
I thought proof that people are retarded was that there are retarded people working at McDonalds. Or that George W Bush got elected President.
"I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms." Albert Einstein
[QUOTE][I]Originally by Tuffy[/I]
Of course, effectively 100% of people believe Christopher Colombus was a real person. (Really, he was two people, neither of whom was named "Christopher Colombus". Nor do they know which one did what.)
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[B]What? [/B] Please elaborate. I've never heard before that Colombus didn't exist.
[QUOTE=Tuffy the Dump Truck]But Holocaust deniers aand/or revisionists don't deny the [i]existence[/i] of Hitler; they say that he is just misunderstood, and that the actions of a few of his overzealous military are greatly exagerated.[/QUOTE]
i don't know, they change the story of hitler so much that it pretty much makes him non-existant, or at least a very minor playeri n world history. i've seen materials that make Hitler into what Karl Rove is today. it's all part of holocaust denial.
i could be wrong. it could just be mind-numbing ignorance. I just have a hard time believing that any person who has heard of hitler could say they don't know that he was real, unless they have a fascist agenda, or at least have been influenced by a fascist agenda.
[QUOTE=Tuffy the Dump Truck]Monster Truck Rallies?[/QUOTE]
hahaha!
And, Robin Hood [I]did[/I] exist. That's not to say he isn't a fictional character. He existed in France, where he was a rich man that held parades, giving out free money to the poor. And another man named Robin Hood existed as a thief in England, where Sherwood forest still stands.
Apparantly, the two stories got mixed up, and the thief became a hero.
That's what I understand, anyway. I read a few books about it, and a lot of websites, so this shit isn't definatly true or anything. But I'm pretty sure it is.
The servey shoulda asked if they believed in the Blair Witch Project. I bet the numbers would have went for 70%
[QUOTE=Tuffy the Dump Truck]Of course, effectively 100% of people believe Christopher Colombus was a real person. (Really, he was two people, neither of whom was named "Christopher Colombus". Nor do they know which one did what.)[/QUOTE]
haven't heard that.
i have heard there are several documents that name him specifically, specifically one from 1470 that was notarized, his father dominic present also, stating that he was "major annis decemnovem" ("nineteen years old").
also there is a book, the Book of Privileges, which is a collection of agreements between Columbus and the crowns of Spain prepared in Seville in 1502 before his 4th final voyage. and actually the Library of Congress has one of the four original copies on vellum.[url]http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/tr00.html[/url]
but still, those stats are pretty crappy, suicide.
[QUOTE=trypdwyre]haven't heard that.[/QUOTE]Look it up some time. S'interesting...
One of them certainly did come to the Carribean a few times (I've seen his voyages to America counted anywhere from as few as four to as many as nine. Granted, some of those sources were speculative), but it's only guesswork as to which one did it, Christophoro Colubo or Christobal Colon.
One is buried in Spain. One is buried in Potugal.
And one is buried in Italy, but that's a whole different story...
All three countries claim that they have the bones of the man who discovered America. (And contemporary records show that both men claim to have been the one who did just that.)
[QUOTE=Tuffy the Dump Truck]Look it up some time. S'interesting...
One of them certainly did come to the Carribean a few times (I've seen his voyages to America counted anywhere from as few as four to as many as nine. Granted, some of those sources were speculative), but it's only guesswork as to which one did it, Christophoro Colubo or Christobal Colon.
One is buried in Spain. One is buried in Potugal.
And one is buried in Italy, but that's a whole different story...
All three countries claim that they have the bones of the man who discovered America. (And contemporary records show that both men claim to have been the one who did just that.)[/QUOTE]
actually i did, and found absolutely no talk that he was not just just one man, named christopher columbus. actually i was only able to find information on christopher columbus as a singular man by that name.
do you have a source for me to check out?
[QUOTE=trypdwyre]do you have a source for me to check out?[/QUOTE]I'll have to look for it. This was in books, not online, so when I find the title(s) I'll post em & you can decide for yourself.
[QUOTE=Tuffy the Dump Truck]I'll have to look for it. This was in books, not online, so when I find the title(s) I'll post em & you can decide for yourself.[/QUOTE]
great, thanks.
Which one died in jail like a piece of shit because that is the one I thought "Discovered" "America"?
"I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms." Albert Einstein
read the article...this isn't holocaust [i]denial[/i], these poeple think that hitler was a fictional character. and winston churchill too. it's fucking ridiculous.
"when i pray, and sometimes i do, i pray to myself...and sometimes, if i'm lucky, i answer myself."
Just think how stupid the average person is, and remember that half of everyone are even more stupid than that
I had to run to the shitter to avoid wetting myself with the "Fictional events that we believe did take place"
[QUOTE=suicidegrrrl]read the article...this isn't holocaust [i]denial[/i], these poeple think that hitler was a fictional character. and winston churchill too. it's fucking ridiculous.[/QUOTE]
damn. that's all i can say. damn. i'm moving to china.
Planet of the Apes , the apes rule Earth - 1 per cent
Battlestar Galactica , the defeat of humanity by cyborgs - 1 per cent
and they said that they interviewed 2,000 people, so about 20 people actually said that humanity was once, or still is, ruled by apes, and another 20 (could be some of the first 20) think that humans have been defeated by cyborgs?
i wonder if there's a way to put a larger disclaimer on movies that they are FICTIONAL!
on another note, here's some more proof for you:
[url=http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=4787324§ion=news]A Croatian woman calls in bomb threat to airport so she wouldn't have to go on vacation with her boyfriend.[/url]
"I didn't know how I would be able to tell my parents about a holiday with him and I couldn't really say to him 'Listen, my parents wouldn't approve'," the woman, 28, identified only as Marina B., told the Duesseldorf state court Wednesday. The threat prompted authorities to shut down Germany's third busiest airport on a busy Sunday in September, stranding 64,000 people for hours, while police searched in vain for a bomb.
AND
[url=http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=4785538§ion=news]A British man will literally bet everything he owns on one single spin of a roulette wheel on sunday.[/url]
Ashley Revell, a 32-year-old Londoner, sold his clothes and every last one of his posessions, and will rent a tux for his big bet in Las Vegas. If he wins, he'll double his 75,000 pounds ($138,000), if he loses, a camera crew will document his every move (but he will not get paid for the documentary).
[QUOTE=trypdwyre]...
AND
[url=http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=4785538§ion=news]A British man will literally bet everything he owns on one single spin of a roulette wheel on sunday.[/url]
Ashley Revell, a 32-year-old Londoner, sold his clothes and every last one of his posessions, and will rent a tux for his big bet in Las Vegas. If he wins, he'll double his 75,000 pounds ($138,000), if he loses, a camera crew will document his every move (but he will not get paid for the documentary).[/QUOTE]
[url=http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=4799011]he won[/url], and walked away with $270,600.
goddamn.. talk about ignorance (in reference to all aforementioned bs)
I give you all a century, just a century. Things are gonna get rough..
This is news to you?