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Sammie Really Not Okay Age: 37 Gender: Female Posts: 639	February 23rd, 2007 at 11:22am Which historical events do you think are most important in shaping the world we see today? Historical events that had a good impact on life and those that had a bad impact? NOTE: Please note that this is for discussion purposes only. Not intended to cause arguments.
Hell Yeah Georgie Really Not Okay Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 727	February 23rd, 2007 at 03:32pm I think that the world wars and the Holocaust have shaped modern life, in mainly bad ways. Both the wars and the Holocaust were horrific, yet I think the good that has come of it (or should have come from it, even though it actually hasn't) is that we can learn from them, and not repeat them. At least, that is the good that could have come from it, obviously it hasn't actually happened yet. Other than that, the abolition of the slave trade because that was the first step to racial equality really so that's definitely had a good impact.
RAVE on my grave Bleeding on the Floor Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 1466	February 23rd, 2007 at 04:31pm The suffragette movement of the late 1700's/1800's was pretty damn amazing - an inspiration to women everywhere. It makes me so mad when people choose not to vote nowadays when in the past people like the suffragettes and the black civil rights campaigners have worked so hard to get the vote
the.sound.of.black Jazz Hands Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 281	February 25th, 2007 at 12:54am Probably September 11 in the modern world...our generation hasn't experienced a war or anything as such. September 11 changed the world...There is less tolerance for muslims...all the new rules about planes etc. The world is so much more suspicious...you know what I mean.
S713 Joining The Black Parade Age: 34 Gender: Male Posts: 225	February 25th, 2007 at 12:07pm the.sound.of.black: Probably September 11 in the modern world...our generation hasn't experienced a war or anything as such. September 11 changed the world...There is less tolerance for muslims...all the new rules about planes etc. The world is so much more suspicious...you know what I mean. Unfortunately, thats all it changed. Fire departments in most areas still run engines and trucks from the 50's-80's, can't afford to buy appropriate personal protective equipment for firefighters/paramedics, and some cannot afford to make their ambulances ALS (Advanced Life Support) certified. Meanwhile, politicians use firefighters and policemen are political tools to gain the public's trust/support. Also, a lot of people now just think firefighters and policemen have a god complex, and don't want to follow their orders. For a little while the country was an actual country. Firefighters, policemen, paramedics, doctors, nurses, pilots, and search and rescue techs were heroes. Not athletes or Britney Spears.... Politicians were actually able to agree on things, and make decisions to try and better the country. People were united. I hate to say it. But this country needs another 9-11. Everyday. People said they would never forget.. but if you mention 9-11 a lot of people will say we need to move on. I wouldn't really say 9-11 is an event that changed the course of the world. I think in 50 years nobody will remember it at all.
Fezzik Salute You in Your Grave Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 2748	February 25th, 2007 at 01:43pm LVFD: I wouldn't really say 9-11 is an event that changed the course of the world. I think in 50 years nobody will remember it at all. That might be a bit extreme, but you do have a point. I would think it would be sort of like...er...the sinking of USS Maine. Yeah. It was a tragedy and it launched the United States into war. Back in 1898 it was a big deal, with people going on about "Remember the Maine!" and so on, but nowadays most people don't really know what it is or what happened. 9/11 is, though, the (current) defining moment of our generation. The way people remember where they were when they heard that JFK died, or Elvis or John Lennon or the Berlin Wall coming down, our generation will be telling our kids where we were when we found out. While it might not be wiped totally clear from national memory in fifty years, I don't know how well it will be remembered in a hundred. Anyway. Hmm. What historical events were most important in shaping the world today? I don't know about singular events, but long-term, probably Europe's colonization. Arbitrarily drawing boundaries and such, that sort of majorly messed up a lot of the world.
Sammie Really Not Okay Age: 37 Gender: Female Posts: 639	February 26th, 2007 at 03:54pm The War of Independence – I think that the War of Independence has had a big impact on the world we know today. It could be argued that if it hadn't have happened, there wouldn't be the America we know today. Independence would have happened but many years later. America, as you know, is the strongest country on the planet. Who knows what the world would be like if the War of Independence hadn't happened. Industrialisation – It has happened in every major country in the world. It made Britain, for example, the wealthiest country in the world. Industrialisation had a huge impact on everyone in the world. It was a necessary that industrialisation happened. We might me years behind the economical time that we are at now. The World Wars – If it hadn't happened, the whole of Europe might be speaking German. It had a huge impact of the world we know today because it made everyone realise that war was no longer a ''glorious thing''. Because of the Two Wars, the whole aspect of war changed. They are now using machines and not swords and horses. War became more dangerous with the use of gas and bombs. Everyone's attitudes changed. It helped to build stronger relations between Britain and America. September 11th – From my point of view, it had the biggest impact on my life and outlook on things. Before 9/11, I was more or less oblivious to how cruel and evil the world could be. I had no idea that some people could plan, and take enjoyment out of death on a huge scale. I remember coming home the day it happened and seeing what I thought was a movie on the TV. When I realised that I was watching a real event and seeing the whole scale of it, it felt like my whole previous life was being turned up side down.
asha shake. Devil's Got Your Number Age: 36 Gender: Female Posts: 36414	March 1st, 2007 at 07:15pm I don't know if this is too relevant to the topic, but after studying Ancient & Modern & Extension history at school, I think that the world does move in cycles. For as far back as history has been recorded there have been wars, and they are virtually all (ancient and modern) caused by the same factors- money, land, and religion. Technologically we are much more advanced than the ancient civilisations, but has that really helped us move forward? We are still engaged in wars, terrorism, racism, sexism, and a whole bunch of other things. I think we really need to look at the past, and really learn from historians, in order to not repeat past mistakes.
mental_scottish_lass Joining The Black Parade Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 210	March 11th, 2007 at 02:24pm I no this is sick but probably the day Sadam Hussein was hung that will go down in world history and it was a great day for many.
SFXtra Motor Baby Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 770	March 11th, 2007 at 04:35pm The Age of Science and the Enlightenment. Definatly two periods that have an immense impact on todays civilization.
AmberGirl Killjoy Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 46	March 11th, 2007 at 04:38pm the.sound.of.black: Probably September 11 in the modern world...our generation hasn't experienced a war or anything as such. September 11 changed the world...There is less tolerance for muslims...all the new rules about planes etc. The world is so much more suspicious...you know what I mean.
Rock Steady Salute You in Your Grave Age: 36 Gender: Female Posts: 3755	March 13th, 2007 at 06:48pm the day writing was invented and the day coinage was invented. the romans as a whole probably!
folkin' around. Salute You in Your Grave Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 2260	March 14th, 2007 at 12:41pm Pangea. ;] Uhh, the Revolutionary War (America) was important, it helped establish America and become independant.
Grief Joining The Black Parade Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 230	March 17th, 2007 at 01:43pm The day Martin Luther King stood up.
Nyx;zombified Killjoy Age: 35 Gender: Female Posts: 62	March 17th, 2007 at 04:46pm Save My Soul.: Pangea. ;] Ahahaha. To be honest, I don't think there's been a period in time where nothing happened that shaped the course of the future. It doesn't just have to be big things. For example, Henry VIII's older brother Arthur dying, leaving the throne to Henry. Queen Elizabeth I not having any children. The failing at Gallipoli. And so on and so on.....
Dejan_Revenge! Fabulous Killjoy Age: 34 Gender: Male Posts: 135	March 17th, 2007 at 08:31pm Marx. What if Marx never was born, never communism , never a cold war. Europe not divided in two pieces. Yeah Marx by far.
Ignore Alien Orders Salute You in Your Grave Age: 35 Gender: Female Posts: 2026	March 17th, 2007 at 09:42pm Many events in Christianity, especially Constantine's conversion, were very influential in shaping our history. Eighty percent of America call themselves Christians, and that's no coincidence. The first few popes spread some of the deadliest slander the world's ever seen: everything from the way we view paganism to the way we view women in this society to when our holidays are placed can be traced back to things they said. [Note: I don't mean to say that they're soley responsible, just that there's evidence that they had something to do with it.] Then the Crusades introduced the western world to the wonders of the east, one of the main factors in spurring the age of exploration. There were good and bad in both of these things [the slander of the early papacy and the crusades], obviously, but without them there is no doubt that our world today would be much different.
voice4mygeneration65 Jazz Hands Age: 37 Gender: Female Posts: 330	April 2nd, 2007 at 11:41pm Georgie yo: I think that the world wars and the Holocaust have shaped modern life, in mainly bad ways. Both the wars and the Holocaust were horrific, yet I think the good that has come of it (or should have come from it, even though it actually hasn't) is that we can learn from them, and not repeat them. At least, that is the good that could have come from it, obviously it hasn't actually happened yet. Other than that, the abolition of the slave trade because that was the first step to racial equality really so that's definitely had a good impact. The Armenian Genocide because of the fact that Young Turks weren't properly brought to justice for their action, Hitler felt he could get away with killing of the Jews.
don't aim to please. Banned Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 1543	April 3rd, 2007 at 01:00am 1533, King Henry VIII seperated from the Catholic Church and made the Anglican Church. If not for that, the puritans would not have been alienated by the anglicans a century or so later, and would not have come to America for religous freedom(and stealing people's land).
Beeblebrox Really Not Okay Age: 45 Gender: Female Posts: 688	April 3rd, 2007 at 11:56am I think the internet has really shaped the modern world (for better). Everyone across the globe is connected. It changed the way we communicate, the way we work, listen to music, meet people, learn new things, create business, sell stuff, make art, play games, share things with each other. With the internet, the world is at your fingertips and information is instantaneous.

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