forge wrote:headquest wrote:I'm really not into conspiracy theory stuff or "prophets of doom", ... but I do think we are living in shit-scary times right now.

actually I'm not really talking about prophecies - as far as I could tell a lot of it was based on genuine threats
Yeah, that's the scary thing.
As a kid the threat was Russia, and I remember watching documentaries (in the UK) about what would happen if the communists dropped the bomb over London (lots of people would die).
Those fears sort of receded, only to be replaced by the forthcoming AIDS holocaust (lots of people would die).
Now it's N.Korea vs The World, Isreal vs. the Arabs, and lets not forget the forthcoming Bird Flu Pandemic, Global Warming, Terrorism, etc.
Instead of one thing to focus our fears on, there are now several. How are we supposed to sleep at night??
