Who would you bring back from history?

[Sharwood]

What would you do if they turned out not to be frauds?

Convert? But if they're all true, then what do we do?

 

[Bast]

Jane Austen so she can write more novels for me to read.

Vivien Leigh so she can star in more films for me to watch.

Bach so he can compose more music for me to listen.

 

[RedRalph]

Hitler, to go on trial.

 

[Sharwood]

Hitler, to go on trial.

Considering the common treatment of famous people in the courts, he'd probably be acquitted.

@Bast: Jane Austen...

 

[RedRalph]

Considering the common treatment of famous people in the courts, he'd probably be acquitted.

@Bast: Jane Austen...

I'd make it a Russian court, just to be sure

 

[jessiecat]

@Bast: Jane Austen...

More dead puppy pics please.

 

[nonconformist]

Hitler, to go on trial.

Why would you try Hitler? It's a completely pointless exercise, and you're not gonna get any sense out of a cocaine-addicted, morphine addled, parkinsons degenerate who still thinks that the German army exists, and has no cocnept of the world outside Unter den Linden.

Even Churhcill said it; if he captured Hitler, no trial, just summary hanging.

 

[Perfection]

What would you do if they turned out not to be frauds?

Pray, probably!

 

[Sharwood]

I'd make it a Russian court, just to be sure

Dude, modern-day Russia is temming with Neo-Nazis. As long as Hitler wasn't stupid enough to go on an anti-Slav tirade in the witness box - a distinct possibility - he'd probably take Putin's place as Czar.

@jessiecat: Whatever that reference is, it's over my head.

 

[Plotinus]

Hitler's lawyer would probably argue that it would be unjust to try him because he couldn't possibly be given a fair trial, and he'd probably be right.

 

[Sharwood]

Hitler's lawyer would probably argue that it would be unjust to try him because he couldn't possibly be given a fair trial, and he'd probably be right.

Depends where they try him. The Deep South, perhaps? Or Newcastle? Palestine?

 

[Dachs]

Depends where they try him. The Deep South, perhaps? Or Newcastle? Palestine?

In none of those places will he get an unbiased trial one way or another.

 

[Sharwood]

In none of those places will he get an unbiased trial one way or another.

My point was more the lawyer arguing, not the lack of bias. Lawyer aint gonna complain about bias against Hitler in Gaza.

Here's an idea; try him in Japan. Be as close to impartial as you're ever going to get, I think. Maybe Outer Mongolia or the Amazon.

 

[nonconformist]

But Mongols were Soviets, or a large number were

 

[Sharwood]

But Mongols were Soviets, or a large number were

Outer Mongolia is in China.

 

[nonconformist]

Outer Mongolia is in China.

:/ yeah I guess, but I dount they'd be very happy with the whole "Mongol rapist hordes" thing

 

[Sharwood]

:/ yeah I guess, but I dount they'd be very happy with the whole "Mongol rapist hordes" thing

I doubt anyone would be happy with Hitler, except those who agree with his worldview. My point was that your average Outer Mongolian likely doesn't know too much about Hitler, as would an Amazonian Indian.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Jane Austen so she can write more novels for me to read.

Vivien Leigh so she can star in more films for me to watch.

Bach so he can compose more music for me to listen.

Bast you are so cool!

 

[West 36]

Pheidippides, I want to make text messaging old school
And he can get some grocery's along the way.

 

[Godwynn]

Cleopatra. I want to know how hot she really was.