h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I too shout at the TV! The Movie is great. I would recomend it highly. It brings on great discussions.

Okay. First of all, Frogbit, sorry if my use of the word brats offended you, but I tend to use it to mean "a human under the age of 14". Which covers the school kids killed in Dunblane- no offence intended.

The chap you knew was clearly unfit to hold a licence, and was breaking the law with it concealed anyway, why didn't you report him, if you knew he was unstable, and was breaking the terms of his licence? This is case of existing legislation not being carried properly- I happen to think that existing measures should be applied, before additional measures are rushed through.

I'm not an angry juvenile- I'm irritated on behalf of other poeple I know, who used to be amoung the top target shooters in Europe, won fame and pride for our country, and are now no longer able to do so.

I'm also unable to undergo 'penis enlargement' treatments- what with me being a woman an' all

Besides- the question was, given the means, is there anyone I would remove, the answer was yes. If what happened at Dunblane is every parent's nightmare, then stopping Hamilton before he goes nuts, will mean that tragedy never happened, I would have though that would please you. As an added bonus, competition shooters get to carry on practicing their sport. Or would you rather Hamilton did what he did, adn we got a handgun ban? Which is more important to you?

Interesting. I think you've reached the nub of it*. I'll get back to you as soon as I have time.

*unintentional gender pun.

Although still mildly boggled at the idea of Hitler as incompetent (I think the Jews, |Communists, Romanies, Mental handicapped and others that were gassed might argue...) I'll accept he's off limits as being way to obvious...

I'd nominate, in no particular order ; The Missing Link (that'd save a whole load of problems, right?), Ray Krebbitz <?> the man who 'invented' MacDonalds, the idiots responsible for Godzilla the Movie (US version) and the man who fathered Magaret Thatcher.

Ahh, but no Thatcher, and we might end up with statues of Micheal Foot all over the place . Unions would probably rule the country, and there'd be no Mark Thatcher to laugh at when he gets lost in the desert.

No McDonald's or US Godzila I could cope with though.

Im with Blues Shark and the missing link...

Hmm, don't really want to have to justify my irrational hatred of Thatcher. Suffice to say that without her, I don't think the Labour party would have taken that fatal lurch to the left.

We might also have a few bits of industry left. Who knows?

Like I say, if we go for the Missing link, we know that we've solved all the problems...

Ill do it!!!

*Walks off muttering about how to build a time machine*

Okay, we'll go with the missing link then

Why not just settle for whoever persuaded Margaret Thatcher to go into politics? She was a competent chemist (she invented the process for making "Mister Whippy" ice-cream!) and if she'd pursued that career she could have held a productive place in society...

Hmmm, that only works if it *was* a person, rather than a personal ambition....

I agree KerrAvon

Is thatcher a person. Maybe a disgruntled conservative from the future built a robot, for the purpose and it was adopted by the thatchers?

I still think removing Maggie is a dubious idea. How aboute bringing her forward to see the results of her activities, so she only persues her succesful policies?

she had some?

The people of the Falklands would probably say yes (regardless of her motives) I'm sure there's more, but I've just realised I've drunk 70cl of schnapps, and six pints of Yorshire Terrier, so I reckon talking politics at this stage would be a Very Bad Idea

"Yorshire Terrier" you drank a dog?!?

Umm, to clarify- Yorkshire Terrier is the name of the guest ale my local has on at the moment

Unfortunately I do not have the right to kill people who disagree with me or upset me. This is a great pity because there would be a great many less drivers around this part of the world and the roads would be a lot safer.

Strange how Maggie becomes such a hate figure, I find it interesting that people are prepared to organise, risk jail, riot, and march on London because they feel a particular tax is unfair, yet they will tolerate the destruction of the health service with a shrug of the shoulders.

Ahh, but a tax has an effect on people's pockets, whereas, unless one is very unlucky, one doesn't use the health service that often...

If we are going to discuss *time machines* (which was another part of the film ironically)...then I wouldn't kill anyone at all.

I would have just got Trotsky to Lenin's funeral on the right day and foiled Stalin's crafty plan for power. Subtle difference - would have changed the WORLD!!