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Originally posted by Hkizzle@Apr 21 2005, 05:58 AM
But let's say you killed Hitler or Karl Marx, or Osama Bin Ladin when they were still young.
First of all, if Hitler never existed, would the World be a better place? World war 2 might not have happened, but then again it could have happened under another leader.
If World war 2 did not happen, then many countries would still be colonies of France, U.K and other European powers.
World war 2 allowed advances in engineering, technology in general, and medicine.
Had Hitler never lived and the war never happened then the World would be very different. Maybe better, maybe worse.
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I agree with you. Also, if you had killed Hitler while he was still young, you wouldn't really have killed
Hitler, would you? You would have killed a boy who may or may not have grown up to be Hitler. And it would be very hard to justify the murder of a child as a Good Thing...
Anyway, I think we'd all like to believe our lives will have an Impact with a capital 'I', but we also know that can't possibly become true for everyone, simply because no life can be significant unless there are other
insignificant lives. Remember that scene at the beginning of
Dead Poets' Society?
... I'd like for you to step forward over here and peruse some of the faces from the past. You've walked past them many times, but I don't think you've really looked at them. They're not that different from you are they? Same haircuts, full of hormones just like you. Invincible, just like you feel. The world is their oyster. They believe they are destined for great things, just like many of you. Their eyes are full of hope, just like you.
Did they wait until it was too late to make from their lives even one iota of what they were capable of? Cause you see gentlemen, these boys are now fertilizing daffodils, but if you listen real close you can hear them whisper their legacy to you...
To be quite honest, I've always found that scene extremely depressing. No wonder one of them commits suicide in the end. LOL