Event of the noughties
 

What event of the decade would get that title? I reckon 9/11, the Asian Tsunami and the 2008/9 world recession would be my top 3.

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Obviously 9/11 because it's changed the world forever, whatever your opinion of it.

Tsunami, London bombings, The intense assault on Gaza last year, All of the major floods around the world, Continued famines, The Iraq & Afghan occupations.

So many bad things =(

Re: Event of the noughties
 

Cable Forum - one million posts 2007 :p:

Loads of `em

9/11.
Tsunami.
world recession.
First black president.

Re: Event of the noughties
 

On the plus side. Billy Joel has another verse for 'We Didn't Start the Fire' :shrug:

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Don't forget the final flight of Concorde in 2003.

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Defo 9/11

It's the spark for Iraq/Afghanistan.

After that the credit crunch might still be a biggy when the effects of making money from thin air and passing it into the pockets of bankers kick in with a vengeance.

Re: Event of the noughties
 

Errr......First Black US President?:rolleyes:

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Errr, been mentioned ;)


lots really, where to start, what categories ? maybe a poll with, best, worst, happiest, saddest :shrug:

Re: Event of the noughties
 

I think she was pointing out xocemp said it was the first black president and didn't mention it was only the first black US president.

I'm no history expert but I'll wager there might have been a couple of black presidents in African countries before Obama came along.

Re: Event of the noughties
 

9/11 must rank very high. It changed the world.:shocking:

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I have to agree with 9/11 its been the catalyst for Bin-Ladens wish of distrust between the worlds main religions, sadly.
Also I believe the Iraq war should be in the top three also, Bush/Blair's twopennth worth towards religious distrust.

Re: Event of the noughties
 

History: 9/11, banking collapse
Future : Anything the LHC discovers, whatever swan song Al-Qaeda is saving up for.
Most over-hyped : x-Flu, global warming and the dangers of the LHC.

Re: Event of the noughties
 

That was 2003? :shocked:

Feels like it was a year or two ago for me.. it's gone so quick! :(

Re: Event of the noughties
 

9/11 changed the way we write September the 11th forever ;)

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Perhaps not quite an 'event' but I would put the spread of the internet over the last decade as even more life-changing.

Yer, I know Arpanet started in the 60s and HTML invented at the beginning of the 90s but it's been the last decade that has seen its enormous growth into many areas of life that has been most important.

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For me it was becoming a dad! :D

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In 2000 I was optimistic that the new millenium would herald a new era in human endeavours & understanding but nothing has actually changed, we're still detroying each other & the planet. So no change there then really. :erm:

Re: Event of the noughties
 

Events of the noughties - not having to worry about thermonuclear war or the Soviet tank brigades coming through the Fulda Gap, being happy that people in the UK and NI don't have to worry (as much as before) about IRA (and/or it's barsteward offspring organisations) bombs, the increase in computer processing power and storage at affordable prices, which is changing our daily life, the election of Obama in the US of A, and 9/11, which has changed our political landscape for the next couple of decades (imho).

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just in case my wife see's this - getting married

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Great post foreverwar, when you look at that list of accomplishments we haven't done to badly at all...funny how we seem to forget what just a short time ago was on the evening news nightly.