*If someone's predicting doom and gloom it's all the same to me.
It's to prod people into action to do something. It's a sales
technique, no matter what's being sold.
That's not a reflection of whether it's true or not, but rather
it's speaks of the emotional manipulation inherent in hyperbole.
Hyperbole works, which is part of its frightening power. So, I
mock it whenever I find it. I've gotten caught up in it once or
twice in my life and when the obsession was over, I looked back
and went, "you dummy. you fell for it". Not that I mind being a
dummy - I just like having at least the illusion of thinking for
myself sometimes smile emoticon [and no I don't believe that's
an illusion, I'm just poking fun at the whole determinist
notions of things, which is part of the doom + gloom scenerios
as well]
