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In Adventure 247, the Legion goes back a 1,000 years and brings the hero Superboy to the future. There they show him his old house (now a historical place), a school room, and an ice cream parlor.
So now you have the Legion Time Bubble and can go back in time and take any historical figure for a tour of the present day. Whom would you take and what would you show this person?
Me: I read that Ben Franklin wanted to see the America 100 years after his death to see how things turned out. So, I'd get old Ben. The first thing I would show him is a mordern public library and the internet.
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I'd be interested to think what some of the ancient Egyptian intelligencia would think of our world.
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There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met.
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Hitler. I'd introduce him to p0rn. I suspect it would be much more effective at removing his impact on the timeline than shooting him at birth...
Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens. I'd introduce him to George Carlin. Either they'd get along famously, and it would be awesome to see, or they'd hate each other, and it would be even more awesome to see.
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I'd bring William Shakespeare forward to show him Anne Hathaway's cottage and the new Globe Theatre. I'd show him the impact he's had on English literature and the controversy about who wrote the plays. I'd try to find out if he wrote them.
I'd bring Jesus forward. I probably don't need to explain why.
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I'd bring Galileo forward and show him the universe as we know it. NASA, some observatories and a planetarium would be on the list - and I'd throw in a few statues or monuments dedicated to him.
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I'd also bring Susan B Anthony to the present. I'd introduce her to Sandra Day O'Connor, Ruth Bader-Ginsberg, Hillary Clinton, Condalezza Rice, et. al. I'd also show her Jessica Simpson and Britney Spears as contrast.
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Mozart - and I'd take him to New York City to hear a whole mess of different live music. I'd have to invite a few Legion Worlders since I probably wouldn't last through the night.
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Karl Marx - and I'd give him a few days and then ask: "so...what do you think? Progress? Enough of it?"
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da Vinci is someone perhaps deserving a look at some of the things he conceptualized. I'd add a few present day politicians to my list of people to bring out of the past, but I suppose that's not the intent of the thread. Still, ... needed to be said....
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Beethoven, and I'd show him all the Peanuts strips that mention him, so he can see how his musical legacy has endured and how, thanks to Charles Schulz, a lot of kids opened their minds to classical music at an early age.
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