Mick Farren has a piece in LA Citybeat called The Fat Lady's Aria? Humanity's Last Stand? Or Just Another Apocalypse Soon? explaining the date, summing up the arguments and talking a little bit about why people are so gosh darn keen on predicting the end of the world.
For the third time in less than 15 years, the End of the World draws near. It’s discussed in coffee shops and saloons, and texted from couches by punks of the New Age while UFO Hunters flickers unwatched on TV. Theories inundate the Internet and books are already in print. Although apocalyptic theorizing might seem a hard sell in these grim times, conferences are being staged, at least two major motion pictures are planned, and the collective consciousness wonders if the date 2012 is already copyrighted.
Read the rest at the link above.
Me, I stick with Mother Shipton.
Oh, it appears she said the world would end in 1881.
Well, she was usually right.
Oh, wait, the piece above (published in 1888) also contains a debunking, including the forger's name. Pity.
1 comment:
That's funny, my daughter was just telling me the world was going to end in 2012. I forget why she thought that.
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