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July 28, 2004

Lists Are Always Fun

Posted by Bill

Right Wing News has completed another fun "list of right-of-center bloggers favorites," this one naming "History's Biggest Impact Players." I'm pleased to see that most of my choices made it to the top 20. John mentioned that the list contained some controversial choices, but I think that it's largely on point.

A few observations:

* The choice of Moses? Ah, nevermind. I'm not going to pick that fight.

* There is a bit of contemporary, sexy bias in the list (Winston Churchill higher than Johann Gutenberg? I don't think so ...)

* I think that it's interesting that the founders of American Democracy have no leaders that can claim enough individual credit to rank higher than Karl Marx (I don't disagree, as it's the nature of this country's founding)

* Poor Engels

* No women (I don't disagree, but this could spawn a whole discussion about natural differences between the sexes, as well as the judgment criteria)

* And finally, I bet it gets pretty annoying for Jesus to have to stand in line next to Hitler all the time.

Feel free to chime in your thoughts ...

My list (in no particular order) is below the fold:

- Stalin
- Hitler
- Jesus Christ
- Ronald Reagan
- Johannes Gutenberg
- Alexander the Great
- Constantine I
- Thomas Jefferson
- Muhammad
- Christopher Columbus
- Enrico Fermi
- Charles Darwin
- Adam Smith
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- Thomas Edison
- Isaac Newton
- William the Conqueror
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Buddha
- Karl Marx

Posted by Bill at July 28, 2004 10:05 AM | TrackBack (2)

Comments

You could argue that Gutenberg belongs at the top of the list, because without him the majority of the world would never have heard of the other 19. Churchill, however, definitely belongs on the list.

Posted by: John Adams at July 28, 2004 11:41 AM