Mandela wins BBC's 'global election' poll

katty

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Tue Oct-04-05 05:34 PM
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Mandela wins BBC's 'global election' poll

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Mandela wins BBC's 'global election'

Mandela was selected by more than half the players
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has topped a BBC poll to find the person most people would like to lead a fantasy world government.
More than 15,000 people worldwide took part in the interactive Power Play game, in which players were invited to choose a team of 11 to run the world from a list of around 100 of the most powerful leaders, thinkers and other high-profile people on the planet.

The second choice was former US President Bill Clinton.

The winning 11 were exclusively male, with Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi the highest-ranking woman at 13th. Hillary Clinton was the next most popular woman at 16th.

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BayouBengal07

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Tue Oct-04-05 05:39 PM
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1. Kick ass

Good to see cooler heads prevail in the rest of the world...

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Gabi Hayes

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Tue Oct-04-05 05:42 PM
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2. so.....what's the obvious question that comes to mind here?

eh?

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confludemocrat

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Tue Oct-04-05 05:43 PM
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3. The greatest man of the 20th Century along with Gandhi, real leaders

and Aung San Suu Kyi has to be the greatest woman leader of the 20th and maybe 21st Century.
I mean real leaders, not the best users of power.

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Gabi Hayes

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Tue Oct-04-05 05:45 PM
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4. interesting quiz on the same page

Who runs the world:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/who_runs_your_world/quiz_and_games/4222328.stm

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Fenris

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Tue Oct-04-05 05:46 PM
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5. "The second choice was former US President Bill Clinton."

:bounce:

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Window

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Tue Oct-04-05 06:28 PM
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8. Yeah, Baby!!!!

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Peace

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frictionlessO

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Tue Oct-04-05 06:05 PM
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6. Bush came in 43!! Funny and weird! Castro and Chavez beat him in the 30s

Michael Moore and Noma Chomsky did really well to.

LOL!! bush was closer to Bin Laden at 70 than he was to making the top 5... too funny.

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Tue Oct-04-05 06:11 PM
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7. He defeated fascism.

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applegrove

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Tue Oct-04-05 08:07 PM
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9. Whooooooooop! n/t

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