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What historical event do you find most inspirational?

Many people derive inspiration from various historical events.

I'm just curious what historical occurences you have found to be inspirational.

Reply 1

xx Lotz xx

oh i know mine!! when Nelson Mandela (don't think that's how it spelt) stood up for the blacks during the apartheid. He stood up for what he knew was right, when nobody else had the voice to, despite knowing he'd be severly punished. I think if more people did that then the world would be a much fairer place!! Yeah so that's mine lol. Y what's yours "moshe yichae"??

x x x

Reply 2

Thud

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The assassination of Tsar Aleksander II and the 1917 Revolution. :biggrin:

Reply 3

Eternity Forever

12

Mine is when Sir Martin Luther King, made his speech about racial equality the the United States. The "I have a dream" speech.

Reply 4

LouE3D

Battle of Britain for me... out numbered facing a HUGE risk, not only to themselves but to the future of the country and Europe, yet still victorious. A truly incredible feat!

Reply 5

Nutter

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I've never actually quite thought about this one!

But it makes good food for thought. I shall begin eating.

Reply 6

Nutter

14

Oh, and on that note, I've hit 4,000 posts. :cool:

Reply 7

Oswy

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moshe_yichai

Many people derive inspiration from various historical events.

I'm just curious what historical occurences you have found to be inspirational.

Anything where poor people that are oppressed rise up and attempt to take the means of production away from fat capitalist exploiters and place it under their own control for the collective benefit of society.

One of these days it'll stick.

Oswy.

Reply 8

RieLouise

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Impossible question to answer but one that popped into my head was this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_ghetto_uprising

Ww1

Clarence

Ww1

I cry on rememberance sunday when I go the local parade...is very sad and quite humbling

Reply 11

Akhoza

There are many from world wars and other wars but the latest ive found is the following: Battle of Saragarhi

http://www.answers.com/topic/battle-of-saragarhi

Where 21 Sikhs chose to fight to the death instead of surrendering against 10,000 Afghan/Orakazais tribesmen

Reply 12

moshe_yichai

OP

xx Lotz

oh i know mine!! when Nelson Mandela (don't think that's how it spelt) stood up for the blacks during the apartheid. He stood up for what he knew was right, when nobody else had the voice to, despite knowing he'd be severly punished. I think if more people did that then the world would be a much fairer place!! Yeah so that's mine lol. Y what's yours "moshe yichae"??

x x x

when joan of arc inspired the french with her enduring beliefs that encouraged them to have the confidence to be stronger and fight harder

Reply 13

Axiom

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BellaCat

Impossible question to answer but one that popped into my head was this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_ghetto_uprising

This, and Dunkirk.

Reply 14

Chumbaniya

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I know it covers a vast number of individual events, but I think I'd say World War One (off the top of my head). It just demonstrates the horror of war on such a huge scale. The insanity of the trenches shows how terrible and impersonal modern warfare is; hordes of young men called to fight for their country sat in long holes in the ground, and every now and then on the whim of some general they've never met, they get sent over the top to be slaughtered in the vain hope of a minor advance. It's just brutal, indiscriminate killing. Talk about man's inhumanity to man.

I think it's certainly inspirational in a very negative way because it serves as a warning of what happens when war breaks out in modern age. There's no moderation, no small scale battles between professional armies, not even any contact with the people who are trying to kill you. Just a hail of bullets and a bunch of corpses.

Reply 15

*titanium*

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BellaCat

Impossible question to answer but one that popped into my head was this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_ghetto_uprising

Whilst i kind of got used to it because it is said so often, it really made me feel sick when i heard people using the word ghetto in vain because they live on some council estate or something.

Reply 16

curryADD

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mysterious lady

Mine is when Sir Martin Luther King, made his speech about racial equality the the United States. The "I have a dream" speech.

for me it's one of his letter's from jail......he talks about ascending the mounts of ________ (cant remember)

anyway

it's so powerful and sad.

Reply 17

dh00001

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curryADD

for me it's one of his letter's from jail......he talks about ascending the mounts of ________ (cant remember)

anyway

it's so powerful and sad.

is this the letter you mean? http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/popular_requests/frequentdocs/birmingham.pdf

for me its probably the battle of stalingrad, or possiply the battle of the buldge or black thursday.