Saladdin and Muhammed, but I'll back down on that if you declare a fatwa on me.
Saladdin defended the faith against Richard THE Lionheart. Had Saladdin not been so competent, Richard might have cleaned up in his crusade and eventually Islam might have been eradicated.
I have no particular wish to do this, but had one or other of the major religions gone belly up, the world might be a more peaceful place today. The culture clash is so extreme, it now looks to be a long-term and bloody problem for all of us.
Muhammed, if I can't get Saladdin, for similar reasons. To prevent the difficulties the world is facing today, by allowing one religion to gain supremacy.
As to which religious text is more violent, Islam's produces actual violence. Christianity has mostly moved on from that culture. Islam's evolution is slower. Almost medieval in some respects. Miriya, are you seriously saying you'd prefer to live under Sharia law??
Regarding Margaret Thatcher, the bomb exploded at 4 a.m. and blew up her bed, which she wasn't using as she was still working. At 4 in the morning, can you believe it...presumably because she is a vampire.
Marxism...in other discussions it has become apparent that the McCarthy witchunt is alive and kicking in some US citizens even today. No offence, but the very mention of communism or even socialism seems to engender over-defensiveness and disparaging comments from US posters.
Europeans are not bothered too much by it, it's ok for people to hold different political beliefs even if they involve Marxism.
IMO it is worth considering whether your views have been created by your educational system and the shared culture you live in. There may be more to other political views than you have been allowed to discover and they may not really be that scary if you research them for yourself. For all the talk of freedoms, I don't know how much political freedom you allow each other...
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