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redrooster
10-04-2002, 14:26
Post your "what if"s here so others can chew on it if they needed something to help them sleep
i shall start off
1) What if Alexander lived to an old age?
2) What if china continued to develope gunpowder for usage in a projectile weapon rather then firecrackers and fireworks?
Rosacrux
10-04-2002, 16:14
- what if... Adam was gay?
redrooster
10-04-2002, 18:04
thats the what if to end all what ifs
Mithrandir
10-05-2002, 02:44
what if this is off topic and doesnt get moved?

what if someone would travel back in time to kill Hitler as a todler, would he still be sent back since no one would ever know about the killing other than just another perverted killing, thus letting Hitler live and resending the killer thus restarting everything again...

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Emperor Theodoripiklos IV
10-05-2002, 09:04
what if the Imperial Navy won at midway?
Ithaskar Fëarindel
10-05-2002, 21:40
Quote As posted by Mith...
what if this is off topic and doesnt get moved?[/QUOTE]

Keep your "What if's" history related and it won't be moved. http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/smile.gif

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Sjakihata
10-06-2002, 18:12
What if Jesus was merely a fake legend?

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The Black Ship
10-06-2002, 19:09
What if Takeda Shingen didn't like Flute music?

What if Cleopatra wanted a quickie that day in March?

What if Montezuma wasn't such a dupe?

What if George Washington quit after all his early humiliating defeats?

What if Lincoln were a Democrat...would slavery have lasted longer?

What if Argentina didn't get taken over by Peron?

What if Bill Gates was your typical teenaged slacker?

What if cold fusion really does work?

P.S. We ever going to give our opinions, or just let them poignantly stand unanswered?

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Itonami
10-07-2002, 02:02
Quote Originally posted by Rosacrux:

- what if... Adam was gay?[/QUOTE]

What if....that was funny?

And about what Mith said, what if Hitlers mum decided to get an abortion (She was seriously thinking about it, but decided against it) then would WW2 ever happen? Would millions of jews died?

[This message has been edited by Itonami (edited 10-06-2002).]
Rosacrux
10-07-2002, 12:59
Itonami

It wasn't meant as a joke... just think of it. An Adam who wouldn't mate with Eve, would put an end to everything, wouldn't it?

At least if you believe in the Jewish genesis...

And, no, it wasn't ment as an insult to gay. OK?
Sjakihata
10-07-2002, 14:50
I think WW2 would have happened even if Hitler was not born, however, it could be possible that the holocaust thing would never have taken place..!
stilicho
10-09-2002, 11:49
the day we cant laugh at homosexuality is the day pc-ness has won.
redrooster
10-09-2002, 11:59
what if the ming emperor didn't scrap Zheng He's fleet
Muneyoshi
10-09-2002, 20:34
Quote Originally posted by Rosacrux:
Itonami

It wasn't meant as a joke... just think of it. An Adam who wouldn't mate with Eve, would put an end to everything, wouldn't it?

At least if you believe in the Jewish genesis...

And, no, it wasn't ment as an insult to gay. OK?[/QUOTE]

Then I apoligize. I didnt take it as a insult to gays (And yes, I am straight) I just wasnt thinking abotu Adam and Eve and such http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/smile.gif You bring up a good point though, what if he was gay? Then would any of us be here? Not likely

And to Sjakihata, im not so sure if it really would of happened. Perhaps theirwould of been a war still, but im not sure if it would of been a "World War"
NagatsukaShumi
10-10-2002, 01:41
What if.....

1)Oda Nobunaga never defeated Takeda Katsuyori at Nagashino

2)The Roman Empire didn't collapse

3)Pope Urban had dided before his announcements of a Cruscade at the Council of Clermont

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deejayvee
10-10-2002, 09:14
Quote You bring up a good point though, what if he was gay? Then would any of us be here? Not likely[/QUOTE]
I'm not knowledgeable about the bible, so forgive me, but wasn't there other people around at the time. I believe this is the response to the "who did their children f***?" question. Therefore, if it wasn't Adam it would be some other guy. Eve was the more pivotal one because she at the apple. So what if Eve didn't like apples????
candidgamera
10-10-2002, 22:26
What if WWI was avoided and then so too WWII as result, and nuclear weapons were invented without the collective experience of two world wars? - would we be more likely to wipe ourselves out at some point.

What if the confederate rider hadn't dropped the cigar prior to Antietam and the AOP was soundly defeated outside Harrisburg? Well covered possibility in Turtledove's 5 books.
Protoman
10-11-2002, 22:25
Quote Originally posted by The Black Ship:
What if Lincoln were a Democrat...would slavery have lasted longer?[/QUOTE]

Wasn't it lincoln that formed the rebuplican party?

The party originally started out as an attempt to organize for the freedom of slaves.

So that is a pretty heft "what if" which would really require that lincoln be an entirely different person altogether.

"What if's" usually aren't so board.
Stephen Hummell
10-13-2002, 07:04
What if Ogadai hadn't drunk himself to death.
The Black Ship
10-13-2002, 09:12
Sorry Protoman but Lincoln could hardly be given the moniker "creator of the Republican party". It took him 2 years to finally get around to the Emancipation Act...so perhaps it's not nearly such a stretch as it seems?

As a side bar: I find it fascinating that the party most regarded as pro-African/American was the very party that advocated the status quo regarding slavery. Perhaps Jesse Jackson and freinds should sue them for past transgressions?
Terrax
10-16-2002, 22:19
What if there is no God?
What if there is no soul?
What if there is no afterlife?
What if all thats left is rotting flesh in the ground?
What if all this religion is a waste of time?
Muneyoshi
10-17-2002, 08:30
Quote Originally posted by Terrax:
What if there is no God?
What if there is no soul?
What if there is no afterlife?
What if all thats left is rotting flesh in the ground?
What if all this religion is a waste of time?

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Life would be the same
Look above
Then we would not be here to see it, if thats ALL that is left
In my opinion, IT IS!

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Terrax
10-17-2002, 19:47
A NON-BELIEVER! I'm not the only one! This is great! I feel... pretty much the same as before I posted.
Emperor Theodoripiklos IV
10-17-2002, 21:45
Waste of time yep!
There is no religion in my life...i dont care about the afterlife , and i feel great http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/wink.gif