I shudder to think that someone would use mercury as a drug for pleasure


I knew that it was used for awhile because some people thought it would cure some kind of pox or something (std i think, maybe not though...)

but I would never imagine recreational mercury use

I suppose enough drugs could make anyone want to conquer france

It was a long time ago. There was probably a lot of drug use..mercury wasn't reguatled...

Well who wants France of all places in the first place?

Ah, Macbeth. The absolute highlight of Junior year.

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Originally posted by ampmaster:
Bah Bonaparte despite not being short as many people believe was a loser, the man couldn't even hold on to france for any long period of time nor is the amount of territory he conquerd impressive, nor were his tactics impressive Ghengis Khan owns your soul!

I'm sure you couldn't hold on to France as long as he did if the rest of Europe created an alliance agianst you.

Napoleons only real faults were his constant nationalism-is-great message and his ambition that lead to constant war (like in Macbeth)

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Originally posted by Brehon:
Where are the conquestadores? Or are we only dealing with specifics...

And anyway, why not Elizabeth the First? I demand she be put on the list!

LTR's right. She conquered nothing. Great leader, not so much a conqueror.

You can count conquistadors if they conquered land and kept it. (Most did not.)

Bah Bonaparte despite not being short as many people believe was a loser, the man couldn't even hold on to france for any long period of time nor is the amount of territory he conquerd impressive, nor were his tactics impressive Ghengis Khan owns your soul!

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Originally posted by Brehon:
Where are the conquestadores? Or are we only dealing with specifics...

And anyway, why not Elizabeth the First? I demand she be put on the list!

As much as I am a fan of Elizabeth I, she didn't conquere anything.


I choose Napoleon as the greatest.

Where are the conquestadores? Or are we only dealing with specifics...

And anyway, why not Elizabeth the First? I demand she be put on the list!

Napoleon wasn't psycho...he really didn't do all that many "crazy" things especially in comparison to many others. He was extremely well educated.


And by the way you guys, I hope you know that Napoleon was only 5'2 in FRENCH feet. Which, since at the time French feet were larger units of measurement, correspondeds to 5'6.5" feet today. However since the metric system was introduced after his lifetime, and since his nickname was "le petit corporal" (which is an idiom, it doesn't actually mean "the little corporal" but is a term of friendship), and since most people that heard of him didn't ever actually see him, the misconception that he was really short became a popular foreign myth and a joke to explain why he conquered various places. He really was not that short, especially when you consider that other people were shorter at that time too. So all the stories about him being completely driven and obsessed by his stature complex are kinda ridiculous.

i think this is a hard poll to choose and answer for because of the differences in the times they lived. but i would say Ghengis Khan,

His Empire, was vast, his tactics were fierce, and his policies though barbaric , helped instill the fear in his enemies that probably contributed to alot of his victories. i also love how intelligent he really was. there is an incident in which he told a village that he would not destroy them if they gave the mongols so many of certain types of animals. so much cotton and oil. when they recieved the tribute he tied the cotton to the animals soaked it in oil and lit the cotton setting the animals free on the village and in turn catching everything on fire, so technically he did not destroy the city thier own animals did.

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Lol, I wasn't accusing you, I was correcting amp's spelling.

But now that you mention it...

Hey...I'm committing mutany, I think I just might go AWOL(We can take Napoleans sports car for a drive...just kick the musty french lady out)

you spelled the word wrong Euterpe a miltary trial is a Court Martial(martial is military/fighting thus a military court) a Marshal is a rank in some militarys, also a clothing store in the US

Lol, I wasn't accusing you, I was correcting amp's spelling.

But now that you mention it...

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Court Marshalled.

Damn It!...Guilty as charged(but the short man a have to catch me first, my legs are longer than his)

Court Marshalled.

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and get your head cut off the only thing about Napoleon as famous as his hight (or lack there of) was his temper

You'd be made too if you were shorter than most men.

yeah but word would get to him the weasly french spy on each other so much you faurt the wrong way you'd get court-martialed

Oh not to his face. Duh.