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shinjo_jedi
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11/21/07 8:51pm
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RE: TIME - Man of the Year, who will it be?
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dizfactor posted:
Seriously, who cares? I cannot remember a time in the past 10-15 years that TIME magazine has even flirted with relevance. It's one of those bastions of traditional American print media who don't seem to have noticed that the world has moved on without them.
Probably the truest statement I've heard in awhile.
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shinjo_jedi
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Darth Mischievous
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12/19/07 6:08am
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It's Vladimir Putin - A Tsar is Born.
I can't say that I disagree with their choice on an initial reaction basis.
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KnightWriter
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12/19/07 6:54am
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dizfactor posted:
Seriously, who cares? I cannot remember a time in the past 10-15 years that TIME magazine has even flirted with relevance. It's one of those bastions of traditional American print media who don't seem to have noticed that the world has moved on without them.
Much agreed.
That said, I'd say Putin is well chosen.
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Darth-Ghost
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12/19/07 7:44am
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Yeah, Putin was a surprise but totally makes sense, don't know why we didn't think of it! 
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Emperor_Plaiditine
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Their half-assed attempt at a "fond" eulogy of Jerry Falwell is hilarious.
If Martin Luther King Jr. was the preacher who did the most for civil rights in the U.S., this Baptist pastor from Lynchburg, Va., was the most effective galvanizer of the religious right. Falwell's lobby group, the Moral Majority, was crucial in delivering Evangelicals to the Republicans in the 1980s. Avuncular, not fire-breathing, he still denounced gays as "brute beasts," predicted that the Antichrist would be Jewish, and said it was feminists, abortionists and secularists who had made God allow the Sept. 11 attacks. Yet he was not one-note; Hustler publisher Larry Flynt called him a friend.
 
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Quixotic-Sith
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12/19/07 9:46am
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I think Putin got it because Time was afraid of receiving polonium in the mail.
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VadersLaMent
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We were way off.
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He doesn't mess around.
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Ender_Sai
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12/20/07 2:37am
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Well, I'm glad Ron Paul didn't get it, since he's a cad and it would create the impression that he's significant. This would push his fanbots from annoying to unbearable.
This is where TIME stops flirting with relevance. Putin? All the man has done is be the same Putin he was last year, except he annointed an heir. Oh my gawd, he's the most important thing evar!!1!
Sigh.
Al Gore won a Nobel prize for his work on climate change activism which affects us all. This would have made him a better contender for MOTY than Putin. But no. TIME went with Putin. Given the obsession with America that the magazine has, it could have even named Obama, but no. Putin.
Idiots.
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Espaldapalabras
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12/20/07 3:03am
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Awe, I thought ES would pwn the Russians for being stupid smelly tools. 
I guess lambasting the pretentious will have to do.
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Darth-Seldon
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I thought those most likely were Al Gore (for obvious reasons) or Tony Blair. Blair has totally been overlooked (regardless of your feelings on his policies or personality.) The former Prime Minister was not even mentioned as a runner-up...which I think is a bit odd. It was the last year of his term, and he did dominate headlines and maintain a large impact on global affairs. Minister Blair also incited some controversy in his final years at 10 Downing.
Anyway if they awarded it to anyone it should have gone to Al Gore. The environmentalist movement has transcended every aspect of society and a large part of that is due the advocacy of Gore. He won the Grammy, the Oscar, the Nobel Peace Prize--but he couldn't win this? Seems absurd.
On Putin: Not sure the logic behind this choice. I readily acknowledge that it is awarded based on impact (good or bad) but I fail to see all that much impact. Putin didn't exactly capture a great deal of headlines this year. Besides further supressing the "free press," killing a few more political dissidents, and sending more technology to Iran--I don't really see a need to award him with this. He was a real dark horse for this.
Finally on Ron Paul: Are you joking? Why on Earth would he be named this? Is he running an innovative campaign--yes. Is he gaining traction--no. Will he be forgotten in a few months--yes. The impact is minimal expect on internet communities such as this one.
My guess for next year: President Bush or more likely the 2008 winner President Obama.
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12/20/07 12:26pm
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Ender_Sai posted:
Well, I'm glad Ron Paul didn't get it, since he's a cad and it would create the impression that he's significant. This would push his fanbots from annoying to unbearable.
This is where TIME stops flirting with relevance. Putin? All the man has done is be the same Putin he was last year, except he annointed an heir. Oh my gawd, he's the most important thing evar!!1!
Sigh.
Al Gore won a Nobel prize for his work on climate change activism which affects us all. This would have made him a better contender for MOTY than Putin. But no. TIME went with Putin. Given the obsession with America that the magazine has, it could have even named Obama, but no. Putin.
Idiots.
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DroidGeneral
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12/20/07 12:28pm
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Ender_Sai posted:
Well, I'm glad Ron Paul didn't get it, since he's a cad and it would create the impression that he's significant. This would push his fanbots from annoying to unbearable.
Well he was named "People who mattered" 
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Ender_Sai
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12/20/07 1:37pm
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Well, he's attracting people who are insecure nationalists who don't necessarily represent his position - which is ok, I'd be ashamed of it too - and so he only matters insofar as the fanaticism of his Paulbots. Really.
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