[ SECRET POST #2814 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2814 ⌋

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Comments

Random Question of the day

[mekkio]

Who is your favorite historical person from your country and why?

(Question inspired by Ken Burns new documentary on the Roosevelts.)

Re: Random Question of the day

[(Anonymous)]

Your mom.

Re: Random Question of the day

[mekkio]

Do you wanna marry her and be my dad?

Re: Random Question of the day

[(Anonymous)]

Nikola Tesla. Because he was fucking awesome.

Re: Random Question of the day

[making_excuses]

Of the top of my head and someone you probably haven't heard of: Elise Mathilde Heilmann, Norway's first female police officer (from 1910 - 1932). Her job was to work with the poor, prostitutes, females and children. She was to both protect and counsel them, but also make sure they didn't do anything wrong. She did her job awesomely even if her boss didn't want to hire her, and one of her colleagues managed to get her to court (where she won and he was sent to jail) by accusing her having a child out of wedlock and in general not having a "proper" lifestyle.



And why she is one of my favourites, because she along with quite a few other women helped to start the fight for the rights I have today, but also because she was a pretty awesome lady!

I also wanted to talk about the Nurse who was in the fortress I worked at this Summer...

Re: Random Question of the day

[lunabee34]

What an awesome story!

Re: Random Question of the day

[(Anonymous)]

She sounds pretty great! Thanks for writing about her!

Re: Random Question of the day

[kallanda_lee]

Hercule Poirot

And you shup up about him not being real!

Alternatively, Georges Lemaître, who was actually a Catholic priest AND serious scientist, who is is pretty much the person who came up with the big bang theory (and not many people know this).

lol

[(Anonymous)]

Ah, poor Belgium, your national hero was invented by an Englishwoman.

Well, at least Hergé actually existed.

Re: Random Question of the day

[(Anonymous)]

Well I would say Theodore Roosevelt, but I feel that is cheating since it's from the OP, and not wanting to go with the obvious stuff since I'm a history buff, I really like James K. Polk; I like that he was able to accomplish all the things he wanted to do in office (and yes, I know about the Mexican-American war, you don't have to say it), and for some reason I always found that admirable, like someone who could get shit done. Though it is a shame he died less than a year after leaving office.

Re: Random Question of the day

[herpymcderp]

Fredrick Banting (and also Charles Best by association).

Because insulin.

Re: Random Question of the day

[(Anonymous)]

I am really fond of Helen Keller, and Anne Sullivan as well. Because LANGUAGE and also FUCK THE WORD IMPOSSIBLE. And when I was teaching sometimes the film version was all that got me through a week.

Re: Random Question of the day

[(Anonymous)]

Helen Keller is one of my favorites, too! (and also from my state, Alabama!)

Yes! magazine did a good overview of her activism a couple of years ago: http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/the-radical-dissent-of-helen-keller

Re: Random Question of the day

[inkdust]

Wow, um...here I realize I paid a lot more attention to history classes on other countries. But on the subject of the Roosevelts, in 11th grade US history we did a project that involved dressing in costume and interacting as Prohibition Era historical figures, and I picked Alice Roosevelt Longworth (Teddy's oldest daughter) and won the prize for most in-character. She had fantastic sass. And a pet snake.

Re: Random Question of the day

[cassandraoftroy]

Just off the top of my head, I'll say Robert Ingersoll.

Re: Random Question of the day

[(Anonymous)]

Heyyyyy, fellow Ingersoll fan! <3

Re: Random Question of the day

[(Anonymous)]

Obvious answer, but it's Abraham Lincoln

Re: Random Question of the day

[(Anonymous)]

+1

Re: Random Question of the day

[leikomgwtfbbq]

Emperor Norton!

Re: Random Question of the day

[mekkio]

Oooooh, good choice!

Ohh!

[(Anonymous)]

I didn't even think of Norton, but can I change my USA answer to this? (Anon who picked Sam Clemens below.)

Re: Random Question of the day

[(Anonymous)]

Okay, so these two are possibly more lurid than laudable, but they had their good points, and you said favourite historical figures:

Grace O' Malley/Gráinne Ní Mháille, aka Granuaile, Sea Queen of Connacht, 1530-1603. Chieftain, trader, leader, fighter, pirate, rebel. Personally met with Queen Elizabeth I once to conduct negotiations (in Latin, because she didn't speak English and Elizabeth didn't speak Irish). Fierce lady pirates are always a win. (Incidentally, one of the other famous pirate ladies, Anne Bonny, was also Irish. Island nations are good for that kind of thing, apparently).

Colonel Thomas Blood, 1618-1680, despite him being a notorious scoundrel and hothead who tried to kidnap and murder the Duke of Ormonde twice, because he also tried to steal the English Crown Jewels, was caught in the attempt, bluffed his way before King Charles, and somehow managed to emerge from the meeting not only a free man but with a reward of land in Ireland. I just find that level of ballsiness amazing.

Re: Random Question of the day

[(Anonymous)]

Country? I live in the USA, so...that's a lot of people.

I'm from Missouri, so I'll narrow it down that way: Samuel Clemens. Harry Truman was OK, I guess.

Re: Random Question of the day

[(Anonymous)]

Elizabeth I. Because, well...

Re: Random Question of the day

[(Anonymous)]

I've always admired Rick Hansen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Hansen), way back to his Man in Motion tour days, and of course, Terry Fox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Fox) for his cross-Canada run for cancer research.