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Dinner with Dictator

 
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venus



Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Location: Near Seoul

PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:25 pm    Post subject: Dinner with Dictator Reply with quote

If you HAD to sit down for two hours and have dinner alone with any dictator past or present, dead or alive - who would you choose and why?

If there is a language barrier, you can have a translator present.
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willneverteachagain



Joined: 17 Dec 2006

PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hilter

because he had a funny hat and im much taller than him
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swetepete



Joined: 01 Nov 2006
Location: a limp little burg

PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Peter the Great...
...because he had a good name, and had mad parties.
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krats1976



Joined: 14 May 2003

PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kim Jung Il...

So I can ask him how he likes the bitter almond flavor in his tea... Twisted Evil
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NAVFC



Joined: 10 May 2006

PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kim Jong Il, so I could then kill him.
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OiGirl



Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun

PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hitler, easily. The charisma.
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Milwaukiedave



Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong

PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Do ex-hagwon bosses count as dictators? LOL
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ED209



Joined: 17 Oct 2006

PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Stalin

I'd take him to outback, have a nice stake, tell a few jokes, maybe a few Jewish or Polish ones. Reminisce about Hitler and Stalingrad. Then maybe after a few drinks head back to mine and watch some 24. Then what happens , happens.
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dutchy pink



Joined: 06 Feb 2007
Location: Incheon

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pol Pot

by far the greatest, i.e. craziest dictator of all time. Even after being in power he never yielded to the temptations of wealth..
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ChopChaeJoe



Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tony Blair. He'd probably be well behaved and interesting.
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NAVFC



Joined: 10 May 2006

PostPosted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ChopChaeJoe wrote:
Tony Blair. He'd probably be well behaved and interesting.


Didnt the thread say dictator?
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ajuma



Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!

PostPosted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Castro for sure! If he can talk to Barbara Walters, he can talk to me!
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Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat



Joined: 01 Apr 2007

PostPosted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Augustus II, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony (Augustus II the Strong).

August's great physical strength earned him the nicknames "the Strong�, "Saxon Hercules� and "iron hand�. He liked to show that he lived up to his name by breaking horse shoes with his bare hands.

Augustus loved fine arts and architecture. During his reign, palaces were built, mainly in Dresden, known for centuries of extraordinary cultural and artistic splendor.

Moreover, he is alleged by some to have sired either 365 or 382 illegitimate children.

Ah, to be king... I could learn a lot from a guy like that.

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JongnoGuru



Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep

PostPosted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A leisurely two-hour dinner with the "Dean of Dictators" (no translator required)



(ian Smith said had he ^ lived longer than he did, Rhodesia would still be in existence today. Sad )


which of course would be followed by a four-hour dessert with his great-granddaughter



(okay, close enough)
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mnhnhyouh



Joined: 21 Nov 2006
Location: The Middle Kingdom

PostPosted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

swetepete wrote:
Peter the Great...
...because he had a good name, and had mad parties.


He was also a smart guy, and into boats. He did his best to drag Russia into what then passed for modern times.

He was also the first to implement the "retreat east and let the winter take care of the enemies" policy in defending Russia. He did this to defeat a Swede, Charles XII, who at the time had most of Europe. Then Alexander did it against Napoleon, and then Stalin against Hitler.

Maybe Hitler thought third time lucky.

h
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