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Multiple Historic Events on Earth

Gryffindorian

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Lately there appear to be a slew of historic events happening around the world: the royal nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the beatification of Pople John Paul II, the death of Osama bin Laden, etc. People living in the 21st century are witnesses to history being made right in front of their TVs or computers (via the Internet).

When things like these happen, do you think such events are historic, monumental, and ground-breaking, and you're amazed to witness such things unfold? Or do you believe this is, and has been, the normal order of things? Personally, I can see a little bit of both. When people watched Prince Charles and Lady Diana's wedding ceremony three decades ago, history was made back then; on the other hand, royal weddings are nothing new and have been a part of British and other cultures' heritage. Wills and Kate exchanging their vows on TV was something to behold, and there's no doubt it was an historic moment, but would you consider that a defining moment in history?

What say you?
 
^ Mets win against Cliff Lee in Philly? Does NOT happen every day. :vulcan:

(The news of OBL's death broke in the top of the 9th inning. It was surreal, watching news spread throughout the ballpark like The Wave. Then the USA! chants started...)
 
I've not really been in awe of anything lately, to be honest. I think I felt more shock and emotion at the death of Heath Ledger than Osama bin Laden, and it's not like I was some crazed fan or something. Maybe I'm just heartless and un-American.
 
Kestra said:
I think I felt more shock and emotion at the death of Heath Ledger than Osama bin Laden, and it's not like I was some crazed fan or something.
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Honestly, I find gas prices more shocking than either of these things. I find the popularity of "The Jersey Shore" more shocking that either of these things.

It's actually disturbing to me how little I give a shit about the world these days.
 
As a child I watched Neil Armstrong step upon the Moon. No historical event I have witnessed since has topped that moment so I am not really awed by anything.

I didn't even bother to look at William and Kate's wedding. The only reason I bothered to look at Charles and Dianna's wedding was because my 4 year old son was a "Lady Di' fan and pleaded to be able to stay up late and watch the wedding.
 
Collingwood Nick said:
I agree, sports is better than everything else
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Preach it, bro! :techman:

I feel honored to have not only witnessed a major historical event live, but to have been there myself: A-Rod's 600th home run. It landed fairly close to where I was sitting, in fact! (I was sitting in the right field bleachers; the ball landed about 20 feet away in Monument Park, in center field)

Hoping to be there when Jeter gets his 3000th hit....
 
Kestra said:
I've not really been in awe of anything lately, to be honest. I think I felt more shock and emotion at the death of Heath Ledger than Osama bin Laden, and it's not like I was some crazed fan or something. Maybe I'm just heartless and un-American.
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I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who feels this way. I've actually noticed that for a while now, that events that others see as historical and shocking moments just don't affect me all that much. But other things, like the death of John Ritter (to use a celebrity example like yourself), had me actually in tears, and I never watched any of his shows!
 
Gryffindorian said:
Lately there appear to be a slew of historic events happening around the world: the royal nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the beatification of Pople John Paul II, the death of Osama bin Laden, etc. People living in the 21st century are witnesses to history being made right in front of their TVs or computers (via the Internet).

When things like these happen, do you think such events are historic, monumental, and ground-breaking, and you're amazed to witness such things unfold? Or do you believe this is, and has been, the normal order of things? Personally, I can see a little bit of both. When people watched Prince Charles and Lady Diana's wedding ceremony three decades ago, history was made back then; on the other hand, royal weddings are nothing new and have been a part of British and other cultures' heritage. Wills and Kate exchanging their vows on TV was something to behold, and there's no doubt it was an historic moment, but would you consider that a defining moment in history?

What say you?
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parallels in interdisciplinary studies... happens lots every 500 years so I have noticed concerning the people that occur sorta?, like Caesar and the other two ... or three born about that circuit of 500 years then what was it 500 years before that.. Buddha, Socrates/Plato Confusius? Jesus/Caesar/ who am I forgetting that was hanging out with them?

the next time was of course the first Dali Lama the other one(they say Is Nichiren that did the antithesis to them and then maybe Dōgen Zenji there was the star/commet (star that shone the way) at that time too...

at 500 and then another 500 I think that is when we switched to the 1000 year pattern and expanded from there.

^what i just typed was a little bit off because of the exponential effects sorta like about 500 into thousand into two thousand ,,they say into ten thousand but we may have to wait as to see LOL

but there is an exponential like effect I think with time and such? maybe

btw I am not sure what I am talking about but if you can add evidence to or against let me know?

Bill
 
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I also meant to say earlier that history is being made every day whether we admit it to ourselves or not. The market fluctuations, sporting events, natural disasters have been happening throughout history, from the Stock Market crash of 1929 to the mortgage crisis in recent years; from Muhammad Ali to Michael Phelps; from the 1906 San Francisco quake to the more recent disasters in Japan; from Hitler to bin Laden; I could go on and on. But as part of human nature, most people only pay attention to what's perceived newsworthy.

That's not all of history. History is also about us and how we live. We are making history even as we speak, or chat in a forum.
 
Pope John Paul II was beautified? I didn’t think he was that bad-looking to begin with.

The assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. happened in my lifetime. I avidly followed the U.S. space program from Project Mercury through the Apollo moon missions and beyond. I was around during the Watts riots in Los Angeles, the Vietnam War, Nixon’s trip to China, and Watergate.

A royal wedding and a terrorist leader being whacked? Meh.

Spot's Meow said:
. . . I've actually noticed that for a while now, that events that others see as historical and shocking moments just don't affect me all that much. But other things, like the death of John Ritter (to use a celebrity example like yourself), had me actually in tears, and I never watched any of his shows!
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I was personally affected by the untimely and senseless death of John Lennon. But John fucking Ritter? :wtf:
 
Some pointless guy married some twig, not really historic to me.

So dead old guy that worked for a bunch of perverts did something. Wow....
 
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