From the perspective of a Christian, perhaps. I tend to like him because of what you quoted below:



I also like him because he wasn't just feared, he was respected. And he was tough on crime. He would put something valuable in the middle of the courtyard and leave it there for years and nobody would ever take it (because the penalty for stealing was, of course, impaling).

Still, he had kind of a one-track mind. I wonder if he ever got up in the morning and wished he could break out of his rut and boil some people in oil or something. See, that's the kind of thing I would ask him!

You know, if I could choose anyone, I'd probably like to spend a day with my grandfather. And before you all accuse me of the ultimate in corniness, here's why.

He died when I was old enough to realise what a fascinating person he was, but when I was too young to appreciate it. I'd just like to sit down with him and find out more about him, now that I'm an adult. None of that 'do you like what I've done with my life' stuff, but to find out all the things about him that I can't ask my family.

Well, I know I would be compelled to spend this on a word with God. However, barring that...

I would like to meet Adam, and smack him one for what he did. Eve too, but Adam's the guy...wow, I don't want to get into that right now. Maybe I could get my sister to smack Eve.

The Emperor would be cool, and so would any "standard" Space Marine.

Dave Barry. Just 'cause he's awesome.

Nikolae Tesla. Oh, the ideas I could get... Oh, the things I could build...

Benjamin Franklin. I would have a blast showing him around and explaining all the advances we have made. It would be worth spending such a wish just to see his face light up at some of the stuff he would get to play with.

George Washington. It would be awesome to explain how well what he did worked. I think it would make him incredibly happy, relieved, and proud to see what America has become. And I could watch him freak out over stuff like computers and washing machines.

Basically, I couldn't decide.

Ben Franklin... totally! That would be great!

I dunno, I think that meeting an SM would just be a lot of him spouting Imperial propaganda, then blowing you to pieces or something.

But Dave Barry kicks butt.

EDIT: Hey, are you the same neosonichdghg that's on Librarium Online? I'm Broadside_Pilot over there.

Eh, Adam and Eve got a bad rap. Life would be boring to me if humankind hadn't gained knowledge.

To quote Good Omens. "If you sit down and think about it sensibly, you come up with some funny ideas. Like: why make people inquisitive, and then put some forbidden fruit where they can see it with a big neon finger flashing on and off saying 'THIS IS IT!'?"
"I don't remember any neon."
"Metaphorically, I mean."

I don't think they gained knowledge, the thing I think they gained was the yin and yang version. Knowledge in and of itself was already there... what they gained was the understanding of what you could do with said knowledge, both good and bad. *shrug* That could make anyone feel like they'd been sideslammed by a semi truck.