onoway Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 If you had the power to change one event in history what would it be? Not counting wars here as they are always a series of events, though something specific like the Battle of Waterloo would qualify... the burning of the Library in Alexandria.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtfanclub Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 I played low to partner's heart lead last night.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 If it is true that the HIV epidemic was caused by a single stupid vaccine producer using chimp serum then I would change that. But I have no clue if that is true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 That men have the babies....that way there would be no war, no over-population.... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 If it is true that the HIV epidemic was caused by a single stupid vaccine producer using chimp serum then I would change that. But I have no clue if that is true. Something to do with retro-viruses, I gather... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceptic Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 no religion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjames Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Edit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 I think it is interesting that if given the chance to time travel, most people would pick some time in the past to travel to. Surely there is some future event that would be better avoided. I'd like to travel 50 years into the future, look back on those 50 years and then pick an event in that time frame to change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Interestingly, you can't travel "back" in time....but we are continuously travelling "forward".... :o So if you got "there" and you found it to your liking.....wouldn't you be "stuck"? (If you returned you would change that future's past and then it wouldn't be the same as what you saw because your leaving the past to get there helped to create it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 (Larry) Niven's Law of Time Travel: "In any universe of discourse in which time travel is possible, it will not happen." :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 I would have the American Constitution, from the first day of the republic, ban the ownership of one human being by another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 I would have the American Constitution, from the first day of the republic, ban the ownership of one human being by another. Why start there? It's not like slavery was unique to the American republic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 I would change John Kennedy's travel plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Change the result of the 1974 world cup final :P Changing anything political would just replace it with something worse... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Change the result of the 1974 world cup final :PI would travel to the semifinal Germany - Poland 3 days earlier, prevent the play in extremely raining and look who wins under regular circumstances. & ...I would invite John Lennon at the morning of 8th Dec to a cup of coffee..... Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 my birth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 In fact there has been a recent movie about a boy trying to change the result of a football match, based on a famous Dutch children's book. The English title is "Crusade in jeans". I loved the book, and now I like the movie. I normally am quite fond of time travel stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtfanclub Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 my birth Ouch. Hope you're not serious. Now if you had said MY birth, or Ken's, that would have made more sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Maybe he was aiming for the "sarcasm" thread and missed? :) :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 my birth Ouch. Hope you're not serious. Now if you had said MY birth, or Ken's, that would have made more sense. lol, I would never wish death (or lack of birth) onto anyone else, and if I did it certainly wouldn't be someone who I don't even know other than from a bridge forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 I would never had had that 29th beer the night I met Helene - that was you, wasn't it Helene? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 I would have the American Constitution, from the first day of the republic, ban the ownership of one human being by another. Why start there? It's not like slavery was unique to the American republic. I start there because: A. The instructions were to take one event. So "eliminate slavery" doesn't qualify.B. It's my country. Of course no question of this sort can really be answered. Whatever is suggested, there can always be "why stop there?". Most responses have really been in good humor. That was my instinct as well, but I thought I would take a stab at something real. I, all in all, think well of the US. But the slave trade is part of our history and we would be a better people if this were not so. I rarely spend much time regretting the past but since Pam asked, this is my thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 Hm, what about not letting Jesus be crucified? That would certainly change history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 No Big Bang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 I would have the American Constitution, from the first day of the republic, ban the ownership of one human being by another. Why start there? It's not like slavery was unique to the American republic. I start there because: A. The instructions were to take one event. So "eliminate slavery" doesn't qualify.B. It's my country. Of course no question of this sort can really be answered. Whatever is suggested, there can always be "why stop there?". It seems a good thought, and you are right that the Constitution is an easily marked occurrence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.