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Re: What if????

Post by AshtonBlack » Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:55 pm

What if the Library at Alexandria had not have been burned by successive religious nutbags?

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Re: What if????

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:58 pm

AshtonBlack wrote:What if the Library at Alexandria had not have been burned by successive religious nutbags?
What if more people than monks could read after the fall of the Roman Empire?
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Re: What if????

Post by Ian » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:31 pm

What if Operation Eagle Claw had succeeded?

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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:38 pm

Ian wrote:What if Operation Eagle Claw had succeeded?
We could have gone fishing sooner?
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Re: What if????

Post by Don't Panic » Thu May 07, 2009 2:29 am

Ian wrote:What if Operation Eagle Claw had succeeded?
SOCOM may never have been created, and some people would have gotten home sooner.
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Re: What if????

Post by Ian » Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:10 pm

Ian wrote:What if Operation Eagle Claw had succeeded?
I'll seriously be pondering this question soon. I'm doing a 20-30 page research paper on Operation Eagle Claw and its aftermath for a class.

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Re: What if????

Post by klr » Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:13 pm

What if the Japanese had said or done something other than mokusatsu in response to the Potsdam Declaration? :levi:

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Post by redunderthebed » Sun Jul 26, 2009 4:14 pm

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Odd how so many communist revolutionaries had assumed names: Stalin, Lenin, Trotsky, Molotov ...
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Re: What if????

Post by Ian » Thu Dec 30, 2010 4:11 pm

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What if the US had gone through with airstrikes against Soviet missiles in Cuba in 1962, instead of the blockade option? What if it went throught with a full-scale invasion?

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Re: What if????

Post by zmonsterz » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:05 pm

What if Catherine of Aragorn had provided Henry VIII with a male heir that survived through to adulthood and became king? aka. what if the protestant reformation hadn't occurred?
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Re: What if????

Post by Animavore » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:08 pm

The English wouldn't have arse-raped Ireland but they would also be teeming with arse-raping Catholic priests and they would be less smug about everything because Catholic self-debasement doesn't allow for that.

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Re: What if????

Post by stripes4 » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:11 pm

What if the aquatic ape hypothesis were accurate?
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:13 pm

Animavore wrote:The English wouldn't have arse-raped Ireland but they would also be teeming with arse-raping Catholic priests and they would be less smug about everything because Catholic self-debasement doesn't allow for that.

What if white was black and black was white?
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Re: What if????

Post by Hermit » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:42 pm

Animavore wrote:What if white was black and black was white?
Accident rates at zebra crossings would be totally unchanged.


What if it was impossible to formulate what if scenarios?
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Re: What if????

Post by Azathoth » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:53 pm

Seraph wrote:
Animavore wrote:What if white was black and black was white?
Accident rates at zebra crossings would be totally unchanged.


What if it was impossible to formulate what if scenarios?
Bored people on forums would have more dramaz

What if Hitler had skipped invading Poland and just gone quietly about gassing his own Jews. Would there have ever have been more than diplomatic tut tutting about it?
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