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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

. I was tickled by the line "I think you could make the case that the single most important person of the last century is Gavrilo Princep."

You cannot argue with that point. Two horrid wars were sparked when he after a failed bombing attempt on the archduke, walked out a deli, and found the archdukes car sitting there.

2 wars later hundreds of millions dead, Rise and fall of communism, rise of American intervention, as compared to the leave us alone type neutrals we were.

That one, insignificant man (Princip) shattered nations, and shaped the modern world.

Dan made a conjecture, that if you could show Princip what his actions would do in the future, he would have never done what he did.

He also makes the point that one mans terrorist is anothers freedom fighter, and just recently they erected a statue of Princip.

The damage he caused, the ripple he sent throughout the world, he is still a hero, throwing off the imperial yolk singlehandedly.

Sadly millions died, and millions more maimed.

It is amazing the damage one man with good intentions could cause, and how it influenced nations long term via domino effect.