100 yrs

weldoninhio · 23-03-2014 1:04am #1

Who, in the last 100 years, has had the biggest influence on who and where we are now??

Se1251an · 23-03-2014 1:06am

Mick hucknall

shopaholic01 · 23-03-2014 1:07am

That's a very subjective question.

The bankers seem to get a lot of attention here, so I'll go with that.

The Backwards Man · 23-03-2014 1:08am

Everyone will disagree with every answer so I'll just post the next artist from my iPod. And the winner is

Level 42.:eek:

Wow, subliminal vote for Douglas Adams there.

michael999999 · 23-03-2014 1:08am

weldoninhio wrote: »

Who, in the last 100 years, has had the biggest influence on who and where we are now??

Your ma and da!

ted1 · 23-03-2014 1:10am

Hitler, changed the shape and borders of Europe

Skylinehead · 23-03-2014 1:12am

ted1 wrote: »

Hitler, changed the shape and borders of Europe

Combined with Stalin, yes. 6 years of war followed by 50 years of divisiveness.

Invention/Progress-wise, I'll go for Alan Turing.

Sir Arthur Daley · 23-03-2014 1:12am

Richard Burns, what a fighter, never gave up.

weldoninhio · 23-03-2014 1:13am

michael999999 wrote: »

Your ma and da!

I actually have a brother called Michael!!!

Micky Dolenz · 23-03-2014 1:15am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdLIerfXuZ4

BillyMitchel · 23-03-2014 1:15am

Eric Cantona

Mr. CooL ICE · 23-03-2014 1:19am

Se1251an wrote: »

Mick hucknall

1 in 200 people in the world are direct descendants of Mick Hucknall. That fella sure knew how to conquest

weldoninhio · 23-03-2014 1:20am

It's a nobody called Gavrilo Princip. Without him there would be no WW1, then no WW2, so no Cold War, no space race, no Oppenheimer and the need for an atomic bomb. There would be no EU, no world as we know it. And he was the worlds biggest fluke!!!!!!!!

Skylinehead · 23-03-2014 1:24am

weldoninhio wrote: »

It's a nobody called Gavrilo Princip. Without him there would be no WW1, then no WW2, so no Cold War, no space race, no Oppenheimer and the need for an atomic bomb. There would be no EU, no world as we know it. And he was the worlds biggest fluke!!!!!!!!

The Ferdinand assassination was a trigger, but the causes of WW1 are much more complex than that, it's not as simple as declaring WW1 wouldn't have happened without that incident.

Atlantic Dawn · 23-03-2014 1:26am

Hitler, he started WWII, the resulting actions made nuclear weapons the great peacemaker.

Hermy · 23-03-2014 11:24am

Sadly, it's the politicians.

Lapin · 23-03-2014 11:27am

I blame the bankers.

131spanner · 23-03-2014 11:29am

Surely as Irish people it'd be an individual from the War of Independence / Treaty signing? I wouldn't be knowledgeable enough to pick just one, but they certainly changed things.

Sunglasses Ron · 23-03-2014 11:30am

Hitler, without a doubt. What he did set in motion chains of events that people are dying over to this very day, and may be for decades more. It could be argued 9/11 and the following wars have their root cause in events he initiated.

Eoin247 · 23-03-2014 11:30am

Brian O'Driscoll

Brussels Sprout · 23-03-2014 11:40am

Serious answer: As Irish people probably De Valera since he was one of the 1916 rebels and leader of the country for so long in the nation's formative years. The architect of the grey gloomy church controlled state that Ireland was for most of the 20th century. As a race we still have loads of hang ups from that era.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 23-03-2014 11:41am

Frank Garrett.

Hermy · 23-03-2014 12:09pm

Sunglasses Ron wrote: »

...the following wars have their root cause in events he initiated.

And what initiated those events?

Amirani · 23-03-2014 12:30pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxh-sS8Qoco

Pawn · 23-03-2014 12:33pm

weldoninhio wrote: »

Who, in the last 100 years, has had the biggest influence on who and where we are now??

I guess for me it was my dad.
I dont care about others

Sir Osis of Liver. · 23-03-2014 12:42pm

Pat Ingolsby.

Lone Stone · 23-03-2014 12:46pm

Edward Bernays
Nicola Tesla
Bill Gates !
the cia - killing jfk

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 23-03-2014 12:48pm

weldoninhio wrote: »

Who, in the last 100 years, has had the biggest influence on who and where we are now??

My parents and grandparents.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 23-03-2014 12:52pm

Brussels Sprout wrote: »

Serious answer: As Irish people probably De Valera since he was one of the 1916 rebels and leader of the country for so long in the nation's formative years. The architect of the grey gloomy church controlled state that Ireland was for most of the 20th century. As a race we still have loads of hang ups from that era.

Speak for yourself! And I assume I am from nearer that era than you are. What an absurd, illogical assumption. You may have hang ups: but as a race? Not at all.

MRnotlob606 · 23-03-2014 12:52pm

linda martin

Wacker The Attacker · 23-03-2014 12:53pm

weldoninhio wrote: »

Who, in the last 100 years, has had the biggest influence on who and where we are now??

Cytherea. Best fanny ever.

Fanny is a powerful influence.

Kaizersoze81 · 23-03-2014 12:54pm

The inanimate carbon rod.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 23-03-2014 12:56pm

Gregory Shtevensh..

YbFocus · 23-03-2014 12:57pm

WikiHow wrote: »

Richard Burns, what a fighter, never gave up.

What a fantastic answer, I tip my hat to you for a great answer acknowledging a great man that is never recognised.

Sir Osis of Liver. · 23-03-2014 12:59pm

Hermy wrote: »

And what initiated those events?

A cheese sandwich it turns out. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gavrilo-princips-sandwich-79480741/

jdooley28 · 23-03-2014 12:59pm

For Irish people Pearse, though he just about fits into the 100 years.

Spring Onion · 23-03-2014 1:01pm

Kaiser Sose

Spring Onion · 23-03-2014 1:04pm

jdooley28 wrote: »

For Irish people Pearse, though he just about fits into the 100 years.

Hardly! Some big question marks about that "fanatic" that we've never really faced up to.
As an Irish person, he wouldn't be on my top 100 list.

take everything · 23-03-2014 1:09pm

Se1251an wrote: »

Mick hucknall

LMAO.

Matt_Trakker · 23-03-2014 1:16pm

Albert Einstein
Noam Chomsky
Carl Jung

Immense thinkers, leaps and bounds above the rest of us and their contribution to the collective knowledge of the human race will be remembered for 100s of years.

Hermy · 23-03-2014 1:34pm

Also McQuaid as we probably would have got here quicker without his ilk.

Sciprio · 23-03-2014 1:44pm

Nikola Tesla

Diabhal Beag · 23-03-2014 1:55pm

The Hitman that was meant to body John Gilligan who went into the wrong pub. "Sorry son, he's not here".

Rothko · 23-03-2014 2:30pm

Me

The Diabolical Monocle · 23-03-2014 2:47pm

Imperial Lizard Kalishtanoo

Without whom there would be no illuminati, masons, Catholic church, bilderburgs or TG4.

Irish Guitarist · 23-03-2014 2:49pm

Hitler got a lot of his ideas from a book written by Madison Grant in 1916.

Burky126 · 23-03-2014 2:56pm

LordChessington wrote: »

1 in 200 people in the world are direct descendants of Mick Hucknall. That fella sure knew how to conquest

The only person who single handedly invaded Russia and during the winter.

Hence 'Simply Red.'

I think I read that somewhere on Reddit believe it or not.

100 yrs

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