# The One Hundred Most Influential People In History Elimination Game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 6, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103 "2010-04-06T02:12:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/101 "2010-04-07T15:46:31Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Despite ongoing confusion over what we’re voting on, here are the current standings: > > Jesus Christ- 12 votes > Adolf Hitler - 2 votes > Mohammed - 2 votes > Ludwig von Beethoven - 1 vote > Christopher Columbus - 1 vote > Henry Ford - 1 vote > Karl Marx - 1 vote > Moses - 1 vote > Nicholas Otto - 1 vote > St Paul - 1 vote > > With 12 out of 23 votes, it’s looking bad for Jesus. The poll doesn’t end until Thursday. Maybe Jesus can pull out another miracle. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/102 "2010-04-07T15:49:47Z")
> [@Winston\_Smith](#): > > Did we kill Jesus yet? Beware of zombie Jesus! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/103 "2010-04-07T16:10:40Z")
I’m still uncertain of the criteria. In any case, I cast my vote for Siggy Freud. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/104 "2010-04-07T16:11:51Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > The poll doesn’t end until Thursday. Maybe Jesus can pull out another miracle. I laughed. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/105 "2010-04-07T16:14:59Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I’m still uncertain of the criteria. > > In any case, I cast my vote for Siggy Freud. Curtis has said to vote for whomever had the largest negative influence. Those are his rules, not mine. He seems to be of the belief that if you whittle down everyone with large, negative influences, you’ll be left with the best (and most positively influential to humanity). Unfortunately, some people are capable of having both positive and negative influences. We’ll likely be left with Pasteur or something. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/106 "2010-04-07T16:24:18Z")
Emperor Asoka - FOR THE WIN! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/107 "2010-04-07T16:37:36Z")
Who is Hart and where can I find discussion of his actual list, anyone? ETA: never mind. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/108 "2010-04-07T16:37:42Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Emperor Asoka - FOR THE WIN! 😃 You make me laugh in every thread I see you in. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/109 "2010-04-07T17:27:58Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > You are supposed to pick the person who had the most negative or if that’s not the case the least positive amount of influence on History. Vote Jesus, based on your rules. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/110 "2010-04-07T17:51:56Z")
Another vote for Jesus. Tho even if he did exist, it’s not clear that was as influential as whoever had the bright idea of hiding the body! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/111 "2010-04-07T21:09:26Z")
It’s a shame Jesus has to take the fall AGAIN , but I’ve gotta vote for him (if only for Pat Robertson and Jerry Fallwell alone). > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > With 12 out of 23 votes, it’s looking bad for Jesus. Little known fact: This exact phase was uttered by Pontius Pilot’s executive assistant! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/112 "2010-04-07T21:13:41Z")
Since the criterion right now seems to be net negative influence, I’m going with Hitler. However, **Curtis** seems destined for a small measure of immortality himself. We already have _Godwin’s Law_, which states that “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.” Similarly, the assertion that “as a discussion of negative influences on history proceeds, the likelihood that Jesus Christ’s name will be invoked approaches 1” can be dubbed _LeMay’s Law_. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/113 "2010-04-07T21:30:02Z")
> [@drm](#): > > It’s a shame Jesus has to take the fall AGAIN , but I’ve gotta vote for him (if only for Pat Robertson and Jerry Fallwell alone). > > Little known fact: This exact phase was uttered by Pontius Pilot’s executive assistant! I didn’t notice, but is Barabbas on the list? Pity we didn’t start this earlier, it would have been appropriate for Easter weekend. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/114 "2010-04-08T04:14:22Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Who is Hart and where can I find discussion of his actual list, anyone? I won’t do your Googling or Wikipedia’ing for you, but I’ll mention that there’s a (bootleg?) pdf copy of his latest book (_Understanding Human History_) available on the Internet. I downloaded and read it; my respect for Hart plummeted dramatically. I’m no fan of “all races are identical” political correctness, but Hart’s latest book is full of faulty science, half-truths and racist tripe. > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > ETA: never mind. Well. :mad: Never mind my response then! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/115 "2010-04-08T04:24:47Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Only YOU can prevent forest fires, people of Israel. Can I steal this for my sig? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/116 "2010-04-08T04:35:15Z")
**Curtis** , if it makes you feel any better, I don’t think people are insulting Jesus himself, (he was a pretty good guy), but that his influence lead to a lot of destruction in the world. Let’s face it: religious fanatics can be destructive. Not just Christian ones, or Muslim, or Jewish, or, Hindu, the Aztecs, etc. Fanatics are fanatics. Marx doesn’t go back far enough in history. And as one of my professors said (a guy who actually LIVED in Soviet Russia), don’t look on Marx as the boogeyman. He was basically an old crank who’d haunt the libraries in London, annoying everyone around him and he smelled funny. As for my pick? Hell if I can think of JUST ONE. If we only knew the name of the person who invented the wheel. ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/117 "2010-04-08T04:56:43Z")
If it’s possible I would like my vote to be considered an insult to Jesus. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/118 "2010-04-08T05:01:53Z")
Just letting you know that I’m insulting Jesus, too. Thanks for taking the time to read this. ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/119 "2010-04-08T05:59:08Z")
Copy cat ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/120 "2010-04-08T12:59:08Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > **Curtis** , if it makes you feel any better, I don’t think people are insulting Jesus himself, (he was a pretty good guy), but that his influence lead to a lot of destruction in the world. [snip] Which is why we should next vote St. Paul off the island. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103.md?page=7)