Name someone who singlehandedly changed the world?
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Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Susan B. Anthony, Malcolm X… this list could go on and on. TIME magazine has a list of the 100 most influential people. (I actually believe they have several lists now – separating them into categories like entertainment, politics etc.)
I would also like to say that I do not agree with your assessment that Hitler and Bin Laden and any similarly behaved men and women do not belong on this list. I think if you spoke to anyone who was victimized by these people, they would agree. They have changed the world; the way we think, the way we behave… have you been to an airport since the 9/11 attacks? They will never go back to what they were. THAT was changing the world. In fact, I would say there is no bigger change possible; then to change the way we think. Your son is certainly old enough to distinguish between these sets of people, and I think it would be a disservice to him, as well as everyone who has seen their actions first hand if you just ignored their influence.
In addition to this, remember that many of these people set in motion a positive course of events, though that was not their intent. Think about the positive repercussion of 9/11. I don’t mean to say it was a good thing, or that it should have ever happened… it is likely the hardest hitting, non-personal event of my lifetime thus far… but we found out the strengths of the American people, and that hatred is not inborn, but rather, we are trained to do it.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mother Teresa
Martin Luther
John 3:36
“He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”
Lao tzu
Babaji Nagaraj
Yogananda
And on the questionable side: The “inventor” of depleted uranium ammunition–we’ll all find out soon enough about that “change”
Our president–in so many ways, including proving, finally, that anyone CAN be president, no matter how marginal the IQ, with the right connections. :))
PS i think you need to disqualify one-handed guys who can’t spell, because technically, they would have to be considered in any discussion about singlehandedly changing “the wold”… just a thought
Ghandi
Alexander Gram bell
Einstein
Ben Franklin
The guy who invented the computer (can’t remember name)
Rosa Parks
Ghandi
Alexander the Great
