A place for the discussion of all things not closely related to the sport and its competitive side. (Locked down several times a year during the major championships)
ok, you are right, they "win" nothing of course, except notoriety. But it is NOT a popularity contest, as TIME has had to explain oh so many times. And even TIME chickened out in 2001, when Osama bin Laden clearly should have been selected.
And if they want to give the ( Whatever) of The Year award to a non-person they most properly should give it to not a hurricane that killed thousands, ( too parochial, just us beloved USA'ers ) but to " THE TYRANNY of MOTHER NATURE" or words to that effect. To ignore the tsunami in the Pacific and the earthquake in Pakistan, and name only Katrina, would be USA chauvinism at its worst.
The perfect choice is Bill Gates, because he is
a. Evil Incarnate to many (monopolozing much of the cyberworld)
b. a Saint to many others (gives a $BILLION to fight world disease, and like it or not, has transformed the cyberworld)
[quote="Per Andersen"]Notice that Hitler was "man of the year" for 1938. I doubt very much they would have picked him for 1939 or for any of the six following years.[/quote]
And then Stalin won it a year later right after the buddy-buddy Non-Aggression Pact with Hitler.
And what a chamelion; he won it again 3 years later , now on the "other side! "
...and LBJ, and JFK, and Carter, and Clinton... ad nauseum.
Give it a rest with comparing Bush to Hitler, will ya? That's just stupid on so many levels.
