Time Person of the Year

20Cent

Time Magazine have a yearly person of the year which is the figure that has had greatest impact. The selection this year is The Protester,

summarizing mass actions against dictators in the Middle East, anti-drug cartel sentiment in Mexico, marches against unaccountable leaders in Greece, the America-spawned Occupy movement, and dissent from the Putin regime in Russia — that appeared on Time’s 2011 Person of the Year cover

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45657166/ns/today-today_celebrates_2011/t/time-magazine-reveals-its-person-year/#.Tuj9uzWfcy-

Good choice imo power to the people.

laoch na mona

didn't a load of people on boards complain about every protest in Ireland

jonniebgood1

Eh- I think they forgot to mention the protestors in their own back yard!!!

So in the end, it was the image of The Protester — summarizing mass actions against dictators in the Middle East, anti-drug cartel sentiment in Mexico, marches against unaccountable leaders in Greece, the America-spawned Occupy movement, and dissent from the Putin regime in Russia — that appeared on Time’s 2011 Person of the Year cover.

What about the protest against Wall street??? Maybe that would'nt boost sales!

martineatworld

jonniebgood1 wrote: »

Eh- I think they forgot to mention the protestors in their own back yard!!!


What about the protest against Wall street??? Maybe that would'nt boost sales!

"the America-spawned Occupy movement", no?

steelcityblues

Makes an improvement from when they gave it to the likes of GWB and Obama.

Permabear

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cornbb

steelcityblues wrote: »

Makes an improvement from when they gave it to the likes of GWB and Obama.

It's not like an "award" for the best/most accomplished person of the year. Recipients have included Hitler, Stalin and Ben Bernake.

Mr.Micro

cornbb wrote: »

It's not like an "award" for the best/most accomplished person of the year. Recipients have included Hitler, Stalin and Ben Bernake.

Bush fits right in then.

Good loser

20Cent wrote: »

Time Magazine have a yearly person of the year which is the figure that has had greatest impact. The selection this year is The Protester,

summarizing mass actions against dictators in the Middle East, anti-drug cartel sentiment in Mexico, marches against unaccountable leaders in Greece, the America-spawned Occupy movement, and dissent from the Putin regime in Russia — that appeared on Time’s 2011 Person of the Year cover

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45657166/ns/today-today_celebrates_2011/t/time-magazine-reveals-its-person-year/#.Tuj9uzWfcy-

Good choice imo power to the people.

Those people are admirable (except the Greeks) - so unlike the wasters in Dame Street.

20Cent

Good loser wrote: »

Those people are admirable (except the Greeks) - so unlike the wasters in Dame Street.

Occuppy Wall Street were called wasters hippies crusties commies etc at first as well.

Good loser

20Cent wrote: »

Occuppy Wall Street were called wasters hippies crusties commies etc at first as well.

America is a tough country. You wouldn't thrive there.

20Cent

Good loser wrote: »

America is a tough country. You wouldn't thrive there.

Did pretty well when I lived there thanks.

Brian?

laoch na mona wrote: »

didn't a load of people on boards complain about every protest in Ireland

A lot of people on boards complain about everything. Doesn't mean it's representative of how the majority of people on boards actually think.

Valmont

With the exception of the Arab Spring (and even then I'm not too sure), the examples you have posted all failed miserably.

humanji

Valmont wrote: »

With the exception of the Arab Spring (and even then I'm not too sure), the examples you have posted all failed miserably.

But everyone knows about them. That's why they're mentioned. As said before, Hitler was chosen one year, and he didn't succeed, thankfully.

Cork boy 55

The greek rioters???

Who cares? almost as tripe as their time 100 tripe.

I(me) was the time "person of the year" in 2006 FFS. explain that.

Poor quality biased magazine still trying to pretend it is relevant to the modern world with this tosh.

If current trends contine it will be out of business soon in print anyway
I believe newsweek is failing and was recently brought , TIME will follow the same path.

bit of craic from the onion news network

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TT81o4hL4c

Malpaisian

20Cent wrote: »

Good choice imo power to the people.

Power to the people my ass! If you think that any of these orchestrated uprisings or astroturf movements are going to liberate the common man then you are very very naive.

In a few years time, the Time magazine person of the year will be "the slave".

The first person to reply to this post using the "Tinfoil hat" line wins a flatscreen tv!!!!!

20Cent

Malpaisian wrote: »

Power to the people my ass! If you think that any of these orchestrated uprisings or astroturf movements are going to liberate the common man then you are very very naive.

In a few years time, the Time magazine person of the year will be "the slave".

The first person to reply to this post using the "Tinfoil hat" line wins a flatscreen tv!!!!!

Worked in Egypt, Libya and the Occupy Wall Street movement have changed the whole debate and issues for the upcoming US elections.

Brian?

Malpaisian wrote: »

Power to the people my ass! If you think that any of these orchestrated uprisings or astroturf movements are going to liberate the common man then you are very very naive.

In a few years time, the Time magazine person of the year will be "the slave".

The first person to reply to this post using the "Tinfoil hat" line wins a flatscreen tv!!!!!

What do YOU think people should do? Sit around moaning and predicting dooms day scenarios on internet forums? Propagate wild conspiracy theories that are nowhere near as bad as the actual truth?

I don't think these movements will liberate the common man, but they could well give civil liberties back to people who have been robbed of them.

nesf

This thread does not have long to live if it becomes a rehash of the Occupy thread.

Cork boy 55

call me old fashioned but should not person of the year be a person

I would have to give it to gaddafi(he did kill 50,000 people in a war) or the tunisan dude that burned himself.

Permabear

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Permabear wrote: »

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Malpaisian

20Cent wrote: »

Worked in Egypt, Libya and the Occupy Wall Street movement have changed the whole debate and issues for the upcoming US elections.

Naive nonsense! Lets wait and see what awaits the people of Egypt and Libya. It does not matter what chatter goes on in advance of the US elections. The fact remains that the US is fast becoming a fascist police state.

Malpaisian

briankeating wrote: »

What do YOU think people should do? Sit around moaning and predicting dooms day scenarios on internet forums? Propagate wild conspiracy theories that are nowhere near as bad as the actual truth?

Yeah, you're bang on and it's good to know that you have aquainted yourself with the "actual truth". I think you are going love the "actual truth" in the years to come.

DuPLeX

Malpaisian wrote: »

Yeah, you're bang on and it's good to know that you have aquainted yourself with the "actual truth". I think you are going love the "actual truth" in the years to come.

refresh my memory . what was "the Actual truth" again

A_Sober_Paddy

Don't really think its an accolade to be all that proud of...After all Adolf Hitler once won it

DuPLeX

Malpaisian wrote: »

Yeah, you're bang on and it's good to know that you have aquainted yourself with the "actual truth". I think you are going love the "actual truth" in the years to come.

refresh my memory . what was "the Actual truth" again and what has it got to do with Lady GaGa ?

Eggy Baby!

With the exception of the Arab Spring (and even then I'm not too sure), the examples you have posted all failed miserably.

The Russian protests got a lot of democratic shake-up in the system done although they were generally filled with Nazis, hipsters and Communists. Regional governor elections were brought back, I guess.

But they were led by a bunch of populist morons like Navalny. I don't think a lot of people realise how radicalised Russia is, and how important Putin is in keeping it together...oh well.