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top 100 welsh heroes (AKA the manics appreciation poll)

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Started by not_that_kind_of_guy (a story on the radio) in Chit-Chat

the current top 10 from http://www.100welshheroes.com/homepage.aspx?lang=en

1 Aneurin Bevan 316 Votes
2 Owain Glyndwr 293 Votes
3 Tom Jones 253 Votes
4 David Lloyd George 190 Votes
5 Mike Peters 187 Votes
6 Gwynfor Evans 144 Votes
7 Phil Campbell 138 Votes
8 James Dean Bradfield 130 Votes
9 Simon Weston 118 Votes
10 Richey Edwards 88 Votes

two manic street preachers in the top ten. all good stuff. this poll hasn’t actually finished yet so it could change. wouldn’t it be great if james was number 1?

xxx

Posted on Thu, 15 January 2004 at 20:35

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prisonbreaker wrote:

he got my vote too, it would be really great if james would win, though that Aneurin Bevan dude seems very popular, who ever he may be

Posted on Thu, 15 January 2004 at 20:44

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Reverend Savage? wrote:

How come ‘the only gay in the village’ from Little Britain doesn’t make the top 10?

Posted on Fri, 16 January 2004 at 12:00

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Bad Karma wrote:

prisonbreaker wrote:

he got my vote too, it would be really great if james would win, though that Aneurin Bevan dude seems very popular, who ever he may be

Its nice to see James get some attention for a change normally its Nicky or Richey who are the focus.

Aneurin Bevan was a politician who helped set up the National Health Service.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/bevan_aneurin.shtml

Posted on Fri, 16 January 2004 at 14:51

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mr self destruct wrote:

What’s Richey Edwards doing on there?

Who’s he ever inspired? Apart from fucked-up self-harming teenagers? Come on, the guy is/was way short of “hero” status…

Posted on Fri, 16 January 2004 at 20:09

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Bad Karma wrote:

Well he did write some rather good lyrics.

Posted on Sat, 17 January 2004 at 14:46

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mr self destruct wrote:

Writing a few song lyrics hardly qualifies him as a “hero” though, does it? Dylan Thomas wrote some great literature, and he’s not even in the top ten.

And Tom Jones?! What the fuck?! Here’s a man who’s had several extra-marital affairs, a ridiculous amount of plastic surgery, and too many sessions on the sunbed, and yet he’s now classed as a Welsh hero. Jesus.

Says more about the Welsh than anything else.

Posted on Sat, 17 January 2004 at 17:03

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Bad Karma wrote:

What makes someone a hero and what does this poll say about the welsh?

Posted on Sat, 17 January 2004 at 20:04

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mr self destruct wrote:

A hero is someone noble, someone who does great things, someone who inspires people.

The poll implies that the Welsh don’t have any proper heroes, and so have to make do with jokers like Tom Jones and Richey Edwards.

Posted on Sun, 18 January 2004 at 13:13

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JSar666 wrote:

I think the poll shows that in our celebrity-obsessed society we as a whole worship idiots like David Beckham and other fake idols (like the Pop Idol stuff), who do absolutely fuck all to make this world better while ignoring people out there making a difference like doctors, soldiers, aid workers and the few honest politicians we still have left.

When someone like Tom Jones dies, there will be mourning by his fans, there will be stories all over the news, public memorials, etc etc. If a doctor spends his entire life helping cancer patients and dies, noone apart from his friends and family will give a shit.

And that’s the sad truth.

Posted on Sun, 18 January 2004 at 14:56

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Bad Karma wrote:

I think these types of polls are really just popularity contests.I don’t know if there are many heros around today in our society nevermind just Wales.Every year our society seems to become more and more obsessed with celeb culture.

Posted on Sun, 18 January 2004 at 19:34

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oguz wrote:

what about Welsh ex-scorer Dean Saunders?
he can be a candidate for top 100, can he?

Posted on Fri, 6 February 2004 at 12:07

#12

not_that_kind_of_guy (a story on the radio) wrote:

i know this is an old thread but, you can see the top 20 here: http://www.100welshheroes.com/homepage.aspx?lang=en . james dean bradfield at number 17. great stuff. :)

Posted on Fri, 12 March 2004 at 22:33

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Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

He’s four down from Catherine Zeta Jones. What’s _that_ all about?

Posted on Sat, 13 March 2004 at 11:32

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ColdEthyl? wrote:

coughcoughdontknowenoughwelshguyscoughcoughbutalanrickmanishalfwelshcoug h…

*walks out whistling*

Posted on Tue, 16 March 2004 at 12:00

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Citizen Erased wrote:

Which half? Top or bottom?

Posted on Tue, 16 March 2004 at 16:57

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JSar666 wrote:

The better half :)

Posted on Tue, 16 March 2004 at 17:41

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ColdEthyl? wrote:

JSar666 wrote:

The better half :)

He’s got a less good half? No way. ;)

Posted on Wed, 17 March 2004 at 12:24

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