# Who would you bring back from history to show the modern world to? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 16, 2023, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back-from-history-to-show-the-modern-world-to/984113 "2023-05-16T06:29:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back-from-history-to-show-the-modern-world-to/984113/81 "2023-05-18T17:53:00Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > Do not rile the Jesus. > > > > [Which would be a pretty cool bumper sticker. I may have to publish those]. > > Hope you don’t get a cease and desist letter from John Turturro. I’d never heard of Turturro, and his wiki was unenlightening to showbiz-challenged me. Have I accidentally reinvented some bit of movie dialog he once delivered? ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back-from-history-to-show-the-modern-world-to/984113/82 "2023-05-18T17:57:28Z")
[Jesus scene.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdOjVsfuKPs) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back-from-history-to-show-the-modern-world-to/984113/83 "2023-05-18T18:29:41Z")
Yeah, in IPA it’s /xɔx/. Wait wait, I’ll get to it! If you know how to say “loch” with that guttural “h” sound, or Yiddish words like “chutzpah” – you’re looking for that “ch” sound. So start a word with that “ch” sound (which is like a throaty “h”) and put the vowel of “thought” in between (well, that’s going to depend a bit on dialect, but you get the idea.) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back-from-history-to-show-the-modern-world-to/984113/84 "2023-05-18T18:39:12Z")
So about like horking up a hairball, right? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back-from-history-to-show-the-modern-world-to/984113/85 "2023-05-18T21:38:35Z")
And I was also sure your comment must have been related to Turturro. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back-from-history-to-show-the-modern-world-to/984113/86 "2023-05-20T20:07:22Z")
What about bringing Woodrow Wilson to the present and seeing that there had been a black president? Wilson is the one who thought _Birth of a Nation_ was a great film. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back-from-history-to-show-the-modern-world-to/984113/87 "2023-05-20T22:57:26Z")
Good one! And Wilson didn’t just think that _Birth of a Nation_ was great. One of his books, _History of the American People_, was used as source material for the film. [Woodrow Wilson and race - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson_and_race#Wilson's_views_as_an_academician) ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back-from-history-to-show-the-modern-world-to/984113/88 "2023-05-20T23:22:31Z")
There are a lot of people whose views concerning present-day issues are sometimes speculated about. Jesus is number one. Ronald Reagan is another one. As is Mohammed. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Frederick Douglass are all in this group. I’m not up enough on feminist history, but there must be great feminists of the past where there has been speculation on what they would say about some current issue. Anyone subject to such time travel would be hit hard with culture shock. Whether they could get past that, to see their new present with great insight, is of course impossible to say. P.S. Marx and Lenin. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back-from-history-to-show-the-modern-world-to/984113/89 "2023-05-20T23:36:22Z")
I think Jesus was mentioned once or twice. I’d bring him back, not because I’m particularly religious, but mainly because I’m not. The general consensus of serious scholars is that the historical Jesus really existed, and the real nature of this historically important figure has been a source of endless fascination. He’s arguably been more influential than any other figure in history, yet ironically virtually nothing is definitively known about him. I’m fascinated by credible academic research suggesting that Jesus was likely more Che Guevara than holy worker of miracles, that he was a revolutionary whose primary mission was liberating Judea from the Romans, and that such preaching as he did was part and parcel of this effort. I suspect he’d be deeply interested in the modern world. His reaction to both historical and modern Christianity would be priceless. Once we got the language issues sorted out we could have these discussions over a few pints. I’m sure he’d be amenable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back-from-history-to-show-the-modern-world-to/984113.md?page=4)