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In response to "although if you kill Hitler in like 1922, maybe (b) and (c) don't even happen -- nm" by sweet baboo

Yeah, but if I kill Hitler (or save JFK, for that matter) - I could end up not being born and thus, unable to be sent back in time.

Posted by Jim (aka Jim) Feb 29 '16, 11:59

I think it's imperative that you only go back to prevent something you pre-date.

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who would dance with carrie at the enchantment under the sea dance?? -- nm - sp commander amanda jones Feb 29, 12:02 1
- Biff Tannen, obvs -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 29, 12:03
Leave the butterfly alone Ashton! - ty97 Feb 29, 12:01
but even if it is something you pre-date, if you stop it, then there's nothing for you to be sent back to stop in the first place. -- nm - Reagen Feb 29, 12:01 3
- Furthering this line of thought - that would mean that after fixing that, you'd be sent back in time to fix the *second* worst event, then the *third* - Reagen Feb 29, 12:04 2
  - #MakeUtopiaGreatAgain -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Feb 29, 12:09
  - It's a full time job. -- nm - Max Feb 29, 12:05
I hate temporal mechanics -- nm - Chief O'Brien Feb 29, 12:00

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