TIME's Person of the Year is the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill, and embodied what was important about the year. Who do you think fits the bill this year?
(Please no CEOs or Presidents or Wealthy people) thats what TIME usually goes for.
2007-02-24 09:50:22 · 5 answers · asked by tinker688 1 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
Al Gore
2007-02-24 09:53:37 · answer #1 · answered by bobweb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While reading madisonion51's person, who would be deserving, I would say Stephen Lewis, who is the former UN Secretary-General's special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, who has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize last week. His job composed of finding out what the situation was like on the ground, and reporting directly to the Secretary-General. He has done an amazing job of raising awareness to the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa. I attended a lecture featuring his son, Avi Lewis, a journalist.
Apparently, Stephen is in therapy, because of the horrible stuff he witnessed in Africa, talking to ONE person. Avi joked that his therapy composed of speaking to thousands of people at a time.
If you're curious, here's a YouTube link to his closing speech at the 2006 AIDS conference. He's such an amazing speaker.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EkIQBmJ_VM
EDIT: Hang on, actually, this lecture is a better representation of what he has spoken about, telling it like it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYI2__TYtzA
2007-02-24 21:20:18 · answer #2 · answered by Scott F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be the gentleman who witnessed a young man, while having an epileptic seizure, fall on to the tracks in front of an oncoming train, and threw himself on top of him and held him still while the train ran over them both. Also, while his young children were watching. This deed saved the young man's life while risking his own.
His courage, and caring for another human being restored many people's faith in humanity including my own.
2007-02-24 18:13:25 · answer #3 · answered by madisonian51 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Osama Bin Laden for out smarting the entire U.S. army and both Bushes. Maybe he'll surface for an interview?
2007-02-24 18:00:40 · answer #4 · answered by Tumbleweed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gerard Way because he's influenced so many people and has helped out so many 'lost-soul' teens find a reason to keep on living :) but hey, that's just my opinion. But who ever it is, IT HAS BETTER NOT BE OUT STUPID MORONIC PRESIDENT.
2007-02-24 17:54:19 · answer #5 · answered by Synyster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋