# What if we rolled back 2011?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-we-rolled-back-2011/608001>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 1, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-we-rolled-back-2011/608001 "2012-01-01T01:14:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-we-rolled-back-2011/608001/1 "2012-01-01T01:14:13Z")

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What would be the one event or story that we should keep ?

I say the end of Osama bin Laden

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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-we-rolled-back-2011/608001/2 "2012-01-01T01:33:40Z")

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I think Kim Jong-Il’s death is more important if Kim Jong-Un pulls a Deng Xioping.

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**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-we-rolled-back-2011/608001/3 "2012-01-01T02:08:51Z")

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Depending on how you define ‘event’, we might need to keep the Arab Spring. If we need to break that down by country, I’m not sure exactly how it would fall out.

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-we-rolled-back-2011/608001/4 "2012-01-01T04:20:22Z")

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> [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#):
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> What would be the one event or story that we should keep ?

The release of Skyrim.

We’ve got to keep focused on the important things! 😃

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**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-we-rolled-back-2011/608001/5 "2012-01-01T08:11:33Z")

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Bin Laden was a non-event. He hadn’t been a threat in a long time. I’d go with Arab Spring as well.

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**Author:** ![thelabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@thelabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelabdude)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-we-rolled-back-2011/608001/6 "2012-01-02T03:32:38Z")

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> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#):
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> Depending on how you define ‘event’, we might need to keep the Arab Spring. If we need to break that down by country, I’m not sure exactly how it would fall out.

My choice too. Good, bad, otherwise? Too soon to tell, likely mixed, but very important.