I reread the question posted by Caesar (not Reodor. My apologies to both parties.) and it occurred to me that J.C. may have been asking us to consider the opinions of people past and present. But if I'm right, it's an unfair question because the fame of a person can not be rated among people who died before he/she was born. Even if you chose to compare the fame of people within their respective eras, those in the 20th Century have an advantage because of mass media. Not only do people in the 20th Century know who Hitler was. They know what he looked like. That can't be said of all celebrities before the 20th Century, even in their lifetimes.
Cap, do you know how the Smollett story played out?
Cap, do you know how the Smollett story played out?
The Chicago police have called for an investigation of the Prosecutor's Dept., and for it's head, Kim Foxx to step down.
They also wanted Smollett to pay the city for the police investigation of his hoax which was several hundred thousand dollars, but which his lawyers say he will not pay.
As yet no word on the related case of Smollett allegedly mailing himself a threatening letter containing powder - this could be a much more serious federal charge involving mail fraud and terrorism.
Smollett maintains he's told the truth from the beginning... which is extremely difficult to take seriously on any level since he's made differing claims that keep changing (first he claimed his attackers were white Trump supporters, now he claims his attackers were his two close friends & co-workers who are black body-builders from Nigeria, one of whom was Smollett's personal trainer and whom he knows very well).
There are now so many conflicting stories coming from him and the two men who claim he paid them to participate in the hoax.
Last edited by Captain Steel; 04-14-19 at 11:28 PM.