Gandhi 'never existed', Churchill 'made up'


	Gandhi 'never existed', Churchill 'made up'

sohil

2-4-2008 2:41 PM

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gandhi, peace, war, churchill, britain, uk, survey, fiction, via:timesofindia

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2-5-2008 5:06 PM

ghiberti

Just for the record can I please stress that I was NOT a participant in this survey

2-7-2008 2:02 AM

quickstar

Haha! Likewise...! I would love/hate to see the results of a similar study on American teens!

2-7-2008 10:41 AM

enbar

I'm guessing that most American teens would just answer, "Gandalf? Huh? Who?"

2-7-2008 5:48 PM

boniface

I love it! You know who, don't you? His full name was "Mahatma Gandalf."

2-7-2008 7:49 PM

tidbit2

Its funny that the way things progress from a living person to a vague myth
just like st nicolas who really existed
there are even myths about people that are live and kicking
a lot of these surveys seem to evaluate what they're looking for , the observer is the observed in quantam physics terminology or self fulfilling prophecies.
I think its all down to who they happen to survey out of the masses ,sychronicity is more common than we notice

6-9-2008 5:44 PM

Socratoad

Are "we" entering an age of self-absorption?

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