Re: virus: May 5, 2000

Sodom (sodom@ma.ultranet.com)
Fri, 29 May 1998 13:53:43 -0400


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Yes, There are those, but they are far in the minority. I'm guessing
here, but if you went up to 100 people on the street and asked if some
huge catastrophic event was gonna happen in 2000, a large majority would
say no. Just a guess thoug. As for doomsday movies, there are only a few
out, and none have to do with religious oriented calamaties. The meteor
or asteroid thing is big because of all the news attention it gets. And
for good reason, this planet, as most celestial bodies, have a hard time
when large, fast moving pieces of rock hit it. It has happened millions
of times on ths planet, to think that it wont happen again is really
stupid in my humble opinion. I havnt seen either of those movies, But I
have been aware for years of the possibility, and am amazed that it
isn't taken more seriously as a potential threat.

Sodom

Jeff Labond wrote:

>
>
> Sodom wrote:
>
>> I dont really know anyone who thinks anything is going to happen
>> (that I am
>> aware of) They all seem to think nothing dramatic will happen. What
>> do you
>> suspect and why?
>>
>> Sodom
>>
>
> Well, I can't be specific because i'm not aware of anything too
> specific, but there are always fringe groups with doomsayers as their
> voice of authority, and i believe (there's that word again...) that
> there should be/ has been/ will be an increase in, if not the actual
> number of aforementioned groups, then the outspokenness of their
> 'prophesies' due to either a more acute awareness of the media, (which
> in and of itself would be due, i think, to the approaching millennia),
> or an increase in the actual number of groups.
>
> Another more mundane observation might be pop culture, not the usual
> 'society is goin' to hell in a hand basket' but the increase in global
> catastrophe entertainment, the first film that comes to mind is
> "Armageddon" due to be released soon, then recent memory recalls some
> film with the tag line "The Coast is Toast" , granted, to me, and to
> most others, these are just second rate films that came and went in a
> hurry, but they MAY also be an indication of a sense of impending
> doom, real or NOT, that resides in our collective unconscious.
>
> bendingyourear
> Gutenberg

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Yes, There are those, but they are far in the minority. I'm guessing here, but if you went up to 100 people on the street and asked if some huge catastrophic event was gonna happen in 2000, a large majority would say no. Just a guess thoug. As for doomsday movies, there are only a few out, and none have to do with religious oriented calamaties. The meteor or asteroid thing is big because of all the news attention it gets. And for good reason, this planet, as most celestial bodies, have a hard time when large, fast moving pieces of rock hit it. It has happened millions of times on ths planet, to think that it wont happen again is really stupid in my humble opinion. I havnt seen either of those movies, But I have been aware for years of the possibility, and am amazed that it isn't taken more seriously as a potential threat.

Sodom

Jeff Labond wrote:

 

Sodom wrote:

I dont really know anyone who thinks anything is going to happen (that I am
aware of) They all seem to think nothing dramatic will happen. What do you
suspect and why?

Sodom
 

Well, I can't be specific because i'm not aware of anything too specific, but there are always fringe groups with doomsayers as their voice of authority, and i believe (there's that word again...) that there should be/ has been/ will be an increase in, if not the actual number of aforementioned groups, then the outspokenness of their 'prophesies' due to either a more acute awareness of the media, (which in and of itself would be due, i think, to the approaching millennia), or an increase in the actual number of groups.

Another more mundane observation might be pop culture, not the usual 'society is goin' to hell in a hand basket' but the increase in global catastrophe entertainment, the first film that comes to mind is "Armageddon" due to be released soon, then recent memory recalls some film with the tag line "The Coast is Toast" , granted, to me, and to most others, these are just second rate films that came and went in a hurry, but they MAY also be an indication of a sense of impending doom, real or NOT, that resides in our collective unconscious.

bendingyourear
Gutenberg

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