On 2/2/06, Kurt Granroth <plug-discuss@granroth.org> wrote:

On Thursday 02 February 2006 12:28, Joshua Zeidner wrote:
>   Remember, Hitler was Time Man of the Year in 1938!

As well he should have been.  Bin Laden should have been the Time Man of the
Year for 2001, in my opinion.  The Time "Person of the Year" (as it is
apparently now called) is not an honor.  Instead, it is meant to recognize,
and I quote: "the single person who, for better or worse, has most influenced
events in the preceding year."  Can you think of anybody who influenced the
world more than Hitler in 1938?

sure! Stalin.

Wait... he was Time man of the year in 1942!

although your comments are technically correct, I do not think that Time magazine would be lauding the efforts of Adolph today given the course that history has run since 1938. He did a few things which many consider to be not very nice. But I will end this Godwinesque discussion here. Thanks for the comments! jmz