Who is the most revered person in your country's history?

Started by Syt, September 22, 2016, 03:01:34 AM

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Razgovory

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September 22, 2016, 07:04:43 PM
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

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#121
September 22, 2016, 07:30:45 PM
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#122
September 22, 2016, 08:04:04 PM
Quote from: Valmy on September 22, 2016, 09:06:22 AM
Quote from: celedhring on September 22, 2016, 09:04:48 AM
Ben Franklin? Mark Twain? They hold an humongous share in "quote of the day" Spanish calendars.  :hmm:

Plus both of them rock.

Oh fuck how could I forget Franklin :lol:

He is actually my favorite American :blush:

Probably mine, too.  I remember we had a thread a long time ago asking who was the most quintessentially "American" American, and I argued for Franklin.










Tonitrus

#123
September 22, 2016, 09:36:23 PM
Despite some of his faults, I would Teddy Roosevelt on our list.

And, of course...Harambe.

jimmy olsen

#124
September 23, 2016, 12:42:47 AM
Quote from: Valmy on September 22, 2016, 08:50:09 AM
Quote from: garbon on September 22, 2016, 08:41:50 AM
Quote from: Valmy on September 22, 2016, 08:40:05 AM
MLK, Muhammed Ali, Walt Disney, Edison (At least outside the nerd community) all have to fit in there somewhere in addition to politicians.

But if we did a nationwide poll Oprah would probably win :P

Is Thomas Edison really revered?
MLK and Muhammed Ali suffer a bit because we've a lot of racists
Walt Disney? Do people care about the man or just the empire that he initiated?

Edison and Disney are (were?) portrayed as our great geniuses who built empires out of nothing. I guess I figured they personified the American Dream(TM) or at least how it has been traditionally understood. Also less controversial than people like Henry Ford.

While he was alive Disney was a super star. Have people really forgotten about him?

I think even racists like Ali and these days they even seem to like MLK a bit, or at least a version of him. I am talking about the casual racists here not the KKK types.

I've been very surprised how many Korean kids know Edison.
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#125
September 23, 2016, 01:14:53 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 23, 2016, 12:42:47 AM


I've been very surprised how many Korean kids know Edison.

Every kid in Hong Kong knows Edison.  He is regarded as a positive role model of hard work and ingenuity. 

celedhring

#126
September 23, 2016, 01:35:49 AM
When I was a kid he was pushed as a role model in schools too. It's not like we Spaniards have many prolific inventors to draw on.  :hmm:

Malthus

#127
September 23, 2016, 08:15:38 AM
Quote from: celedhring on September 23, 2016, 01:35:49 AM
When I was a kid he was pushed as a role model in schools too. It's not like we Spaniards have many prolific inventors to draw on.  :hmm:

Well, Torquemada was very inventive, I hear.  :P
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viper37

#128
September 23, 2016, 09:28:22 AM
Quote from: Syt on September 22, 2016, 03:01:34 AM
As opposed to reviled. In 2003 a German TV show polled Germans with this result (ranked 1 - 10).

Konrad Adenauer
Martin Luther
Karl Marx
Sophie und Hans Scholl
Willy Brandt
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johannes Gutenberg
Otto von Bismarck
Albert Einstein

I'm honestly struggling to name "the one German" who's most revered. Luther, and Goethe would certainly make the shortlist, though.
Hmm.
D'Iberville.
Frontenac.
Antoine Labelle.
Jean Lesage.
René Lévesque.
Lucien Bouchard.
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#129
September 23, 2016, 09:47:32 AM
Quote from: viper37 on September 23, 2016, 09:28:22 AM
Quote from: Syt on September 22, 2016, 03:01:34 AM
As opposed to reviled. In 2003 a German TV show polled Germans with this result (ranked 1 - 10).

Konrad Adenauer
Martin Luther
Karl Marx
Sophie und Hans Scholl
Willy Brandt
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johannes Gutenberg
Otto von Bismarck
Albert Einstein

I'm honestly struggling to name "the one German" who's most revered. Luther, and Goethe would certainly make the shortlist, though.
Hmm.
D'Iberville.
Frontenac.
Antoine Labelle.
Jean Lesage.
René Lévesque.
Lucien Bouchard.

According to the Liberals, it is our current Prime Minister!  :lol:

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/justin-trudeau-is-now-the-most-prominent-and-popular-politician-on-the-planet-dion-says

That ought to make you happy.  :D
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Hamilcar

#130
September 23, 2016, 01:32:40 PM
Roger Federer advertises pretty much every product here.

Syt

#131
September 23, 2016, 01:35:51 PM
Quote from: Hamilcar on September 23, 2016, 01:32:40 PM
Roger Federer advertises pretty much every product here.

I think I saw a shop advertising kitchen appliances with him when I was in Zug earlier this month.
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Hamilcar

#133
September 23, 2016, 01:41:15 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 23, 2016, 01:40:31 PM
Quote from: Hamilcar on September 23, 2016, 01:32:40 PM
Roger Federer advertises pretty much every product here.

Tampons?

I wouldn't be surprised. Will check back.

Valmy

#134
September 23, 2016, 01:49:11 PM
Quote from: Hamilcar on September 23, 2016, 01:32:40 PM
Roger Federer advertises pretty much every product here.

So I guess William Tell has finally been supplanted :(
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