If you had to go back in time, and kill one person...

[kaveradeo]

Pope julius II since he was a douche.

 

[strum4h]

I would kill the caveman that invented fire, invent it myself then monopolize the fire industry and be emperor of the world. The End.

 

[Nieroshai]

I'm amazed Bush hasn't been mentioned, but now someone's bound to since I mentioned it.

I'd say Thomas Jefferson. Because I have a theory that he didn't really do all that much as Prez that wouldn't have happened anyway, and I'd like to test it.

Or I'd go back in an Italian ancestor's body and assassinate Templars and kick the Pope's a$$. Just sayin'.

 

[triggrhappy94]

dont want to get people off topic, but I'm amazed that no ones mentioned that whole "exsisting outside of time" theory

 

[Abanic]

James Cameron, before he made Titanic. Then he'd always be remembered for making good movies, no Titanic, no Dark Angel, no Avatar. We might not know who Jessica Alba was but it would be worth it.

 

[Mr. Omega]

I'd kill me, and create a time paradox that destroys everything. EVERYTHING. Why kill one person when I can kill EVERYONE? But time can only be saved if I go back a little further in time and kill myself before I kill myself, saving time, and there would be two of Me! Of course, killing the one who goes back to kill me creates ANOTHER time paradox, so I'd have to go back a little further, and repeat the process over and over until I reach the point I first use the time machine and destroy it. But then again, that would create another paradox, but at this point, I wouldn't really care anymore.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

... who would it be. Also, becuase no one wants to see Hitler 50 times, you can't say someone who someone else has already said. Be creative

Damn you. Erm... Napoleon then?

 

[Necromancer1991]

Micheal Bay so we'd never be subjected to those piles of crap he calls movies, that or kill Albert Einstein (just to see what happens with no Atomic bombs)

 

[Ensiferum]

I guess the obvious answer would be some sort of ruthless dictator such as the aforementioned Hitler or someone else responsible for a massive amount of deaths such as Stalin. However, there's a good reason to give pause before doing so. In one of the most famous scenes from classed Doctor Who, the Fourth Doctor tells us why:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RxBstFm69A

 

[Tibike77]

Myself. Because I love a freakin' paradox. Just to see what actually happens.

 

[Signa]

the problem with killing hitler is that too many shit happened that were positive because of WW2.

So true. I can't imagine how different things could have gone without WWII. I'd even see the possibility of a direct nuclear war with Russia, though I'd be uncertain if we'd have nukes without the technological push that WWII gave us.

OT: John Steinbeck for his shitty books like The Pearl, and Grapes of Wrath that we all had to read in school. I dunno why that one came to me, but I think that might make the world a better place.

Or better yet, they guy that thought they should use his books in schools because John probably was a way cooler guy than whoever this guy was.

Other than that, I don't know too many people that need to die in the past because they are doing a great job of screwing up shit now. Don't need a time machine for now.

 

[PoliceBox63]

If I had to go back in time, and kill one person?... I wouldn't. If I killed them after the action(s) they commited which made me want to kill them it wouldn't change anything and if I killed them before the action(s) they commited I would create a paradox...


EDIT: for funsies? Jesus probably

 

[crudus]

I am going with Thomas Edison. Don't look at me and say "But he invented the light bulb and the video camera". At which point I will say to you what I say to everyone "who the fuck didn't". Also the world would be much better if Tesla wasn't fighting with Edison.

 

[ArchAngelKira]

how about I would kill George W. bush for the greater good

 

[Hollock]

Let's see...
George McFly, for I hate (and want to get) those
also

Either, The man who shot kennedy..

Or baraq obama.

You might want to learn how to correctly spell the names of your targets before you actually kill them

 

[bak00777]

Stephenie Fucking Meyers, that ***** ruined vampires and werewolves, and thanks to her every fucking teenage girl and their mothers are bitching about how "Edward should win." or "Team Jacob!!"

 

[PoliceBox63]

I am going with Thomas Edison. Don't look at me and say "But he invented the light bulb and the video camera". At which point I will say to you what I say to everyone "who the fuck didn't". Also the world would be much better if Tesla wasn't fighting with Edison.

Yes! Then we may have seen Tesla share his brilliant inventions with all mankind :,)

 

[triggrhappy94]

I'd kill me, and create a time paradox that destroys everything. EVERYTHING. Why kill one person when I can kill EVERYONE? But time can only be saved if I go back a little further in time and kill myself before I kill myself, saving time, and there would be two of Me! Of course, killing the one who goes back to kill me creates ANOTHER time paradox, so I'd have to go back a little further, and repeat the process over and over until I reach the point I first use the time machine and destroy it. But then again, that would create another paradox, but at this point, I wouldn't really care anymore.

Not neccesarily, if you kill yourself before you go back in time that doesn't stop you from ever going back, because you just did. Now there's acouple different ways to go from here:
1) 12 Monkeys/Time Machine rules, where you can't kill yourself, because you still have to go back in time.
2) I think Chuck Palahniuk wrote a book about this. As I mentioned earlier you'd exsist outside of time. You kill yourself before you can go back to kill youself, oh wait you just did, well you now just exsist. You wont fade away because you had to have exsisted, because you killed earlier you. You could also link this theory to the Multiverse theory, and say by going back in time you actualy when into a parralell universe, where future you kills earlier you.
0r 3) Cause everything else is confusing. The universe just collapses and everyone dies

 

[Gudrests]

Let's see...
George McFly, for I hate (and want to get) those
also

Either, The man who shot kennedy..

Or baraq obama.

You might want to learn how to correctly spell the names of your targets before you actually kill them

why...if he's gonna kill them..who cares how there names are spelt