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    Top 25: Fascinating people

    According to CNN

    The 'TOP FASCINATING PEOPLE' are :

    2) Pope John Paul II
    3) Ayatollah Khomeini
    4) George W. Bush
    5) Deng Xiaoping
    6) Bill Clinton
    7) Osama bin Laden
    8) Mikhail Gorbachev
    9) Nelson Mandela
    10) Yasser Arafat
    11) Bill Gates
    12) Margaret Thacher
    13) Saddam Hussein
    14) Sam Walton
    15) Ariel Sharon
    16) Steve Jobs
    17) Newt Gingrich
    18) Lech Walesa
    19) Mother Teresa
    20) Alan Greenspan
    21) Michael Jordan
    22) Princess Diana
    23) Rev. Billy Graham
    24) Oprah Winfrey
    25) Steven Spielberg

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    I suppose it depends on what consider "fascinating".

    Many of those people I don't find to be in the least fascinating.

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    Re: Top 25: Fascinating people

    Originally posted by D1esel
    What do you think?
    I think not.

    I'd also echo what blue27 has just said.

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    Originally posted by blue27
    I suppose it depends on what consider "fascinating".

    Many of those people I don't find to be in the least fascinating.
    Some are fascinating in a weird way. Some make decisions nobody can explain or justify.. while others do good things for people, despite how awful this world is.

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    Originally posted by blue27
    I suppose it depends on what consider "fascinating".

    Many of those people I don't find to be in the least fascinating.

    You hit that one on the head... I totally agree.. most of them seem extremly boring, or very "sheepish"...

    But what else can you say.. CNN doing one of these is like VH1 ranking the all-time best albums.. its always rubbish.
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    I think its missing a name there... mines..

    I always said cnn is corrupt..

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    George W. Bush is number 3? The only thing I can find fascinating about him is that he is still in office.
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    Originally posted by blue27
    I suppose it depends on what consider "fascinating".

    Many of those people I don't find to be in the least fascinating.
    Like others already stated Blue27 is right on the money.

    However, as will demonstrate that I don't really follow world news, I will admit I was faciniated by 18) Lech Walesa as I had no idea who that was.
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    Originally posted by LesJPC
    I will admit I was faciniated by 18) Lech Walesa as I had no idea who that was.
    Same here - I'd never heard of him either:

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    Lech Walensa was leader of anti-comunist movement in Poland and a first democratically elected president of Poland (I think in 1990, but I am not sure).

    But for #17 & #23 I have never heard of.

    And where is Jonathan Ive? Bono? Armani? Hugo Boss? Madonna? Schumacher? Al Pacino? Sir Templeton? Hugh Heffner? Larry Flint? Tiger Woods? etc.

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    CNN.. all the news that fits their views.

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    3 and 11 I find interesting - the rest not interested in at all.

    Richard Branson would be another I'm interested in - Shania Twain - erm - quite a number of people really - but only 2 on that list.

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    Out of that entire list, I find none of those people interesting. The people who I find interesting are the people who I have direct contact with like the extremely attractive girl at starbuck, the homeless guy that sells terrible joke books for 10 dollars a piece, or the hotdog guy that always has a line of 3-4 people wanting a hotdog. Just because a person is famous doesn't make them interesting in my book.
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    Originally posted by Fulk
    And where is Jonathan Ive? Bono? Armani? Hugo Boss? Madonna? Schumacher? Al Pacino? Sir Templeton? Hugh Heffner? Larry Flint? Tiger Woods? etc.
    Keep in mind that this is the top 25. There is obviously only a limited amount (25, to be exact ) of people they can place on the list, and there are a lot of people to consider. I'm not sure who the judges are or how they decided, but I'm sure they are pretty informed, knowledgeable people.

    Also remember that the most fascinating people are not necessarily those who you, or anyone, likes the best. Something or someone can be fascinating, but at the same time be disliked by many people.

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    Lol, Celebrities aren't facinating. Not after what the tabloids and paparazzis do to let the whole world know about their lives

    Now, no one could haunt George Bush 24 hours a day to find out what TV shows he watches every night...
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    wheres #1?!?!?!?! *confused*
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    I can see the logic for most of the entries on the list. If I were to read a world history book one hundred years from now about the past 25 years, I think many of these people would play a large part.

    Celebrities may be more dynamic personality-wise, but as far as longterm significance, they aren't what I would call fascinating.

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    Originally posted by azizny
    I think its missing a name there... mines..

    I always said cnn is corrupt..

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    I've a question:
    Why the names are started from #2?
    who is the #1?

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    Stay tuned as the No. 1 fascinating person from the last quarter-century is revealed in the days to come while CNN continues to celebrate its 25th anniversary.

    They haven't announced the number one person yet. Maybe Michael Jackson or OJ
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    And Zoran Djindic, former Serbian prime-minister (killed in 2003) deserved to be in top 25 as well.

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    a grain of salt is more fascinating that George Bush :|
    enjoy your flaming and hypocracy

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    a grain of salt is more fascinating that George Bush :|
    Of course, that is only your opinion.

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    They've forgot Mulder and Scully

    Perhaps Hilter is at number 1, I find him quite fascinating.

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    Originally posted by IvialisJonathan
    They haven't announced the number one person yet. Maybe Michael Jackson or OJ
    Michael Jackson is a celebrity.
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