>> ^garmachi:

Did anybody even read the description to this, or was it added after people started insulting Edison. It's not like he did it on a lark one lazy Sunday. That would be a dick move.
Imagine if a killer whale or a lion mauled and ate three trainers. The public (many of you, in fact) would take up pitchforks and torches demanding the termination of such a beast. This is exactly what happened here.
Although admittedly, it would seem far less cruel if the elephant didn't have such a damn cute name!


Edison was an asshole, and a thief. Most of the things he "invented" were actually bought agressively, or plainly stolen from others.

And I, for one would never demand the termination of a wild elephant or any other wild animal for that matter, because they killed someone. Guess what? They're wild. They are not on this earth to entertain us.

Edison was an asshole and a dick. He was also a thief.

He did not invent the electric light; he stole the idea from Humphry Davy. He also stole a copy of the film "Man on the Moon" and profited from it as his own work.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_to_the_Moon

Edison = Templar
Tesla = Assassin

(Yes, I did recently replay Assassin's Creed 2...)

@garmachi used to be just the first paragraph. Still, Edison was a dick. Tesla is where the shit's at.

>> ^garmachi:

Did anybody even read the description to this, or was it added after people started insulting Edison. It's not like he did it on a lark one lazy Sunday. That would be a dick move.
Imagine if a killer whale or a lion mauled and ate three trainers. The public (many of you, in fact) would take up pitchforks and torches demanding the termination of such a beast. This is exactly what happened here.
Although admittedly, it would seem far less cruel if the elephant didn't have such a damn cute name!


No, he really was an asshole

Did anybody even read the description to this, or was it added after people started insulting Edison. It's not like he did it on a lark one lazy Sunday. That would be a dick move.

Imagine if a killer whale or a lion mauled and ate three trainers. The public (many of you, in fact) would take up pitchforks and torches demanding the termination of such a beast. This is exactly what happened here.

Although admittedly, it would seem far less cruel if the elephant didn't have such a damn cute name!

>> ^ToKeyMonsTeR:

I dunno if its true, but someone on reddit was saying the elephant was going to be killed anyways for having killed its trainer or a spectator or somethin... Edison still seems like a dick imo, but he may not have just killed a random zoo/carnival elephant.


yah it had gon on a rapage at an event , i think it killed a spekctator as well.

I dunno if its true, but someone on reddit was saying the elephant was going to be killed anyways for having killed its trainer or a spectator or somethin... Edison still seems like a dick imo, but he may not have just killed a random zoo/carnival elephant.

Thomas Edison: Dick.

damn it. Edison was such a fucking asshole.

For those of you who follow the Assassin's Creed storyline, Thomas Edison wasn't just an asshole, he was a Templar. They had Tesla killed because he was working on a power plant to provide the world with free electricity -- and the Templars didn't want that at all.

They wanted a worldwide commercial empire that everyone was beholden to...

wow tesla and edison both had two penises... or are they vaginas? either way, i learnt something today!

This video has skewed the facts. When Tesla worked for Edison it was not as a "basic electrical engineer", his job was digging ditches for Edison outside his house: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gOR91oentQ

Obviously.

now.. to be SLIGHTLY fair to Edison:

"On one of the more notable occasions, in 1903, Edison's workers electrocuted Topsy the elephant at Luna Park, near Coney Island, after she had killed several men and her owners wanted her put to death"

so, at the very least he didn't walk into a circus and think "Alright, what can I zap today?"

Tesla>Edison