Time Machine...where to?

[OttovonBismarck]

I'd go to 1917 and tell Wilson to mind his own business.

 

[HisKnight]

I would go back to 1956 and try and change History.
I would try and keep my mother from being killed in a car accident and never having a chance to know her. Since I was only 14 months old when she died.

 

[yee ven]

I'd go back to Adam and Eve, and tell them, "DON'T EAT THE FRUIT!!!"
But wats the use anyway, its not like they are going to listen, they didn't listen to God!

 

[Topaz]

Go back to Salem, Massachusetts, on the 31st of May, 1692 and try to stop those witch craft trials!!

 

[Andy Broadley]

I wonder if you can programme this thing to continually go back in time one hour, a minute before the alarm clock goes off.

 

[phylis]

WW2, European front to tell Hitler to shove it

 

[Torah]

I would go back to 1968 and tell myself! not to do all the stupid things I did.

 

[ServantofTheOne]

early 7th century Arabia to witness the greatest man ever to walk the face of the earth. The man who preached a message from the Creator and who sought no worldly gains in return. The man who, by Allah's will, started a revolution that reformed the entire world from darkness into light. There is no other man who made such an impact on the world like the prophet Muhammad(pbuh).

 

[QustantinahQuaker]

*Egypt, 1956 to see Nasser's nationalization speech
*Algeria Nov 1st (my bday) 1954 to see the beginning of the War of Independence
*Algiers July 1st 1962 to see Algerians vote for freedom from Algeria
*Damascus 1860s to meet Abd al-Qadir
I can't think of anything else...

 

[Andy Broadley]

12,000,000,000 years BC. Finally prove the YEC brigade wrong once and for all.

 

[holyrokker]

I would go back to 1968 and tell myself! not to do all the stupid things I did.

Me too.

 

[kurabrhm]

Go back to Salem, Massachusetts, on the 31st of May, 1692 and try to stop those witch craft trials!!

A very romantic idea. Not sure whether it would work in practise though.

 

[kurabrhm]

The concept of time travel is truly fascinating. I for one would be interested in exploring the good old British empire. In my travels, I would stop over in places like Calcutta, Bombay, South Africa, Singapore and Hong Kong. Medieval Europe, especially ENgland, also fascinates me. a little stroll through a medieval village or town would surely be a delight. The American exploration of the Wild West also counts as one of my favourites.

 

[Heartbreaker]

june 6, 1944. need i say more?

 

[Im_a_theist]

I would go back to june 27,1914 and kill the three members of Black Hand that preformed the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Thus preventing the start of WWI, thus preventing the treaty of versailles being put on Germany, Thus preventing Hitler from having the ability to convince the German people for a regeime change, thus prevent WWII and the holocaust, thus preventing tentions between the U.S and the U.S.S.R and finally preventing the U.S.S.R from being destoryed due to them trying to compete with the U.S.A

 

[Im_a_theist]

Go back to Salem, Massachusetts, on the 31st of May, 1692 and try to stop those witch craft trials!!

What exactly would you do to stop them? Say "hey this is wrong." That would probably get you burned too.

 

[QustantinahQuaker]

I would go back to june 27,1914 and kill the three members of Black Hand that preformed the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Thus preventing the start of WWI, thus preventing the treaty of versailles being put on Germany, Thus preventing Hitler from having the ability to convince the German people for a regeime change, thus prevent WWII and the holocaust, thus preventing tentions between the U.S and the U.S.S.R and finally preventing the U.S.S.R from being destoryed due to them trying to compete with the U.S.A

What about the colonial world? They'd still be in bondage. There would be no Israel either...no independent India no liberated japan. The WWs were a good thing on the large scale because they led to the down fall of the repressive colonial regimes because such things could no longer be supported and the rights of man were realized as universal. Freedom isn't free as they say

 

[OttovonBismarck]

I would go back to june 27,1914 and kill the three members of Black Hand that preformed the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Thus preventing the start of WWI, thus preventing the treaty of versailles being put on Germany, Thus preventing Hitler from having the ability to convince the German people for a regeime change, thus prevent WWII and the holocaust, thus preventing tentions between the U.S and the U.S.S.R and finally preventing the U.S.S.R from being destoryed due to them trying to compete with the U.S.A

I'd just go back in time and make sure the Germans won WW1. Wouldn't everyone love to see The German War Machine[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]™[/font] dominate the globe? That'd be much cooler than something like universal freedom. At least, I think so...

 

[TheMagi]

Although I am a history major who plans to study history for the rest of my life, I have to say that I am pretty happy where I am.
Every single period I have ever studied has in the end impressed me by its barbarity, ignorance, poverty, cruelty, etc. etc.
Only today can I have the British National Helath Service, central heating, my CD player, a university education funded by the government, and practically unlimited books...
Not to mention complete religious toleration and an endless supply of bibles and commentaries.
Life is good!

Magi

 

[but'n'ben]

Wehey! I'm a history kid at uni as well! We rock