Editing Talk:1191: The Past

WOW.  When I first read the comic, I assumed it was making an analogy to current countries.  Like ones that have been invaded because of their oil reserves.  When I saw the image-text, my thought was "We can destroy time like we've destroyed these countries."  The above explanation makes a lot more sense. [[Special:Contributions/76.106.251.87|76.106.251.87]] 06:17, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
: I don't think there's a distinction. "If history has taught us anything, we can use that information to destroy it". If you destroy the country in the past, then you 'destroy' that timeline of history. (Of course, current consensus seems to be that you'd branch off into a new timeline and both will exist in parallel universes, but nonetheless - to the antagonist - it could well count as a destruction. [[Special:Contributions/220.224.246.97|220.224.246.97]] 08:50, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

The past is a foreign country most probably means his own country. You would not conquer your own country today, but the past is something totally different - it is foreign and ready for exploitation.

Anyone else thinking of time travel? I think BlackHat was planning to get a time-machine (somehow), bring a whole army through and conquer a nation. It's an easier way to become a mighty overlord, ruling over continents and enslaving millions of people. World domination turn out to not impossible after all, aside from the time-travel stuff. [[Special:Contributions/129.59.52.45|129.59.52.45]] 02:43, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
:BHG has made a time machine before. http://xkcd.com/1063/ [[Special:Contributions/50.159.5.112|50.159.5.112]] 04:46, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Does this have anything to do with the previous comic (Time) ? I'm guessing (out of the blue) that the next comic will be "The Present", and the next one "The future". [[Special:Contributions/193.239.192.194|193.239.192.194]] 12:43, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Did anyone think about Iraq? This comic comes quite close to the 10-year anniversary of the war, and the description of the "foreign country" quite resembles what Iraq was at the time.
[[Special:Contributions/88.174.44.135|88.174.44.135]] 19:28, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

:Did anyone NOT think about [[wikipedia:Iraq_War|Iraq]]? I though THAT parallel is so basic it doesn't need to be mentioned ... although mentioning the anniversary probably make sense, this information may be lost when someone will see this page later ... -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 12:14, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

:I didn't really think about Iraq, but I did think about [[wikipedia:Merchant_Princes#Merchant_Princes_series|Gruinmarkt]] even though this isn't time travel as such. --[[User:Pmakholm|Pmakholm]] ([[User talk:Pmakholm|talk]]) 12:56, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Something should be mentioned about Black Hat incorrectly finishing Cueball's sentence(s). {{unsigned ip|199.27.128.60}}

"If a country from the past existed in its old state today, other countries would likely leap at the opportunity to exploit its oil reserves." Shouldn't that say United States instead of other countries. Not all countries are oil-hungry warmongers. [[User:Tharkon|Tharkon]] ([[User talk:Tharkon|talk]]) 19:20, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

I think Black Hat is saying that the past is a foreign country that physically exists, we should take it over for oil.
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