Who's your Person of the Year for 2006?
Add your nominations here for our "person of the year" title - the man, woman or child who has most inspired us, challenged us, impressed, infuriated, or simply pre-occupied us in the past twelve months. The person, in short, who will be forever associated with this year. Who gets your nomination? Will it be a politician, a scientist, a religious leader, an entertainer, a military leader, a human rights campaigner, or an idea whose time has come? I'm accepting nominations for my blog's Person of the Year 2006 award. I'll announce the winner on December 31st.
So far, you've nminated: Richard Dawkins, Ian Paisley, Al Gore, Blogging, Tim Berners Lee, Gerry Adams, Robin Eames, Norman Kember, Anna Politkovskaya, Pope Benedict, Mahmoud Ahmadinijad, Atheism, Andy McIntosh, and George W Bush. One one female nomination so far, and quite a few already for Richard Dawkins.
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I nominate DR IAN PAISLEY as person of the year. From Dr No to Dr Maybe ... and on the brink of becoming Dr Yes. All in one year.
For most comments generated alone, it has to be Dr Richard Dawkins and the controversial theory of evolution.
Although I do not agree with many things he did in the past, I think person of the year for 2006 should go to Al Gore for really bringing the issue of global warming onto the world agenda in 2006 with An Inconvenient Truth.
PAUL BERRY MLA - the DUP's come-back king (oo-er, missus)
I nominate BLOGGING as the idea of the year. This is the year it's really come into its own. And the blog person of the year should be a blog, right?!
It has to be George W Bush for a third year on Time's cover. I detest everything he stads for, but we never stp talking about him. He's definately person of the year "for worse" rather than "better". I wouldn't put him in the same category as Hitler or Stalin. That would be a daft comparison. They are responsible for the murders of millions of innocent people. Bush is responsible for taking a political decision that has cost many American and Iraqi lives. He has to live with that decision. So does Tony Blair.
Tim Berners Lee - creator of the WWW. He deserves a lot more credit.
local choice - Gerry Adams, for bringing SF on board with policing
Jill - that must be an exclusive!
just like big Ian saying Yes!
both a bit premature I think
I'll stick with R. Dawkins for trying to make the world think a bit about what they believe.
I nominate pb - blogger of the year ;-)
Why not Robin Eames, since this is his last year as head of the anglican church in ireland. He's known across the world because of the anglican gay rows. Lord Eames, person of the year. Has a ring to it?
why thank you Dave, I see the Christmas spirit is beginning to flow...;-)
what about William Crawley?
I dont agree with everything (much?) of what he says, but hey, he has sure given us a fun place to thrash on about it.
I nomiate William...
PB
How about GEORGE JONES? It's te least you can do after the beeb sacked him!
Norman Kember, Christian peace activist
Anna Politkovskaya - murdered because of her jounalistic work
POPE BENEDICT . . . what a year he's had!
President Ahmadinajad has dominated the news this year. Iran is the new foreign policy challenge for the US and the UK, the Eu and Nato.
I nominate not 'You' but 'They'.
"Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
Some village-Hampden, that with dauntless breast
The little tyrant of his fields withstood,
Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest,
Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood.
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife,
Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray;
Along the cool sequester'd vale of life
They kept the noiseless tenour of their way."
I nominate ATHEISM. This year it really gathered momentum and was hardly off the news pages
What about PETER AKINOLA, the archbishop of nigeria who's starting his own anglican communion? He's mad, of course, but influential/
ANDY McINTOSH sounds like he's our man. For services to pseaudo-science.
Uh, folks: Will is looking for your PERSON of the year, not your IDEA of the year. Man, woman or child, please. :-)
john: the TIME person of the year INLUDES ideas and movements too!
George W Bush has to be the most talked about person in the world
I vote for Richard Dawkins. I haven't read his latest book 'The God delusion' yet, but I've seen the tons of coverage about it. Excellent how someone is just plainly saying to people to use their brains for a change. The direct effect would not be beneficial to the world. But indirectly, more good common sense would bring the world tons of benefit.
ps: sorry if my English is poor, I'm not a native English speaker
A vote for Richard Dawkins from me, for promoting that there is no evolution controversy, only poor understanding.
My vote goes to Richard Dawkins. well. For fighting (and winning) against pseudo-science, as well as standing up to religeous indoctrination of children.
Another vote for Richard Dawkins.
For common sense, and other reasons already stated here.
... and yet another for Richard Dawkins. Sure, he gets a bit militant with his atheism at times, but let's face it, he's promoted atheism like no one else. For a triumph in the face of significant resistance, it has got to be him.
Voting for Richard Dawkins.
I want my children to grow up being taught to think for themselves and question, not follow indoctrination because the state thinks they should. I think this brings more hate and discord to the world than anything else. No matter how much religions say "love thy neighbour" it always seems to be translated as "only if they believe the same as you"
Another vote for Richard Dawkins here. He may come across to some as a bit militant, but all he is doing is giving as good as he gets from the religious lot.
Richard Dawkins should definitely be recognised for his outstanding contribution to rationality. Above all, he has achieved this without the support of the rich churches and powerful establishment, which religions take for granted
I nominate Pastor Ted Haggard, as yet another discredited example of religous hypocrisy, and Prof Richard Dawkins for his discretion, so far as I know, in not exploiting Haggard's fall from grace.
The surprising critical & popular success of 'The God Delusion' makes Richard Dawkins person of the year for me. This book really does seem to have touched a nerve, gently affirming many non-religious folk in their hunch that they were right all all; & frightening the religious into defensive statements that serve to fuel debate all the more.
I nominate Richard Dawkins, for his knowledge of science as well as his excelent books.
Richard Dawkins for all the reasons everyone else has said and for doing it all with a sense of humour.
I nominate the egotistical Me! Me! gene
I nominate Richard Dawkins. He has stimulated a necessary, and historically inevitable, debate on reason and religious thought, the acruing arguments of which will provide a clearer base for future generations to determine their place in humanity's progress from primitive myth making.
another vote for Dawkins
Another nomination for Richard Dawkins as person of the year.
For all those bloggers who nominate Richard Dawkins as HOMO SAPIEN of the year - catch yourselves on! The thrill of listening to an articulate scientist arrogantly responding to questions posed by a small 'invited' audience, with little or no opportunity for REAL debate, and some of you are incandescent with joy! Seriously - why not give it to MJ's chimp 'Bubbles' - I hear he does wonderful research re. the Genome project & loves kids too. Besides, as a close relation he DESERVES to be at least nominated for 'Man of the Year' - NOT!
Luther's barber ... the nominations are closed! It's over. Dawkins won. You have to wait til next year to nominate your friend Bubbles. Give him a cuddle from me in the meantime. Im sure you get along really well. Nice rapport between the two of you ;-) Must be your DNA in common.
This vote was rigged.