If I'm wrong, then this will be the final entry into this blog. It's been fun to share my thoughts and read some of your comments through the years and I hope all of you are saved through the hellfire and brimstone of the aftermath of these devastating earthquakes that will strike in about 29 hours (6p locally).

I wanted to write a little about the crazies who are spreading the fear and word of Rapture and Judgment Day on May 21 2011 as well as a discussion about fear-mongering, in general. As a disclaimer, I am an advocate for individual thought, differences in religious views/faith, and diversity. So now that we got that out of the way...

Let's talk Doomsdayers first. I think it's pathetically depressing that there are so many humans in this world who believe in this idiot Harold Camping and his random predictions. I mean, the guy has predicted 2 other dates where the world was supposedly ending in the 90's, which obviously didn't come true, and I still see news features about these clowns dumping their life-savings, abandoning their jobs, and even some abandoning their kids in prep for tomorrow!

Humans are the most advanced species on this planet and it amazes me the number of sheep among us in mankind who don't have the ability to think and make their own decisions. These tens (or presumably hundreds) of thousands of people are blindly following the beliefs of some man, and when presented with the question as to why they believe him, their answers are a simple "because he said so."

It may seem hypocritical for me to call myself as an embracer of diversity and then to rip on these sheep, but it really enrages me when I hear about these parents who are blowing their savings for 5/21, ultimately hurting the future of themselves, but more importantly their kids. I've heard and read interviews with kids whose parents are Doomsdayers and they grow up in such a twisted home with parents who lack motivation or care because they think they'll be teleported to Heaven. So May 22 2011 and onwards is inconsequential for their livelihood.

This fear-mongering has been pervasive throughout our media both in current events and the poker world. From Alex Jones and FEMA camps to the hundreds of sudden-experts on 2p2 who can interpret the law or have the 'inside story' on the indictments, the weak get preyed on and begin to buy-in to the garbage being preached.

People forget that we're in a capitalistic society where figures like Alex Jones and Harold Camping have financial incentives to build fear and profit from ignorance. The same goes in poker, where some people have found opportunities to spread fear to devalue the price of UB/FTP monies (in an attempt to buy its futures at a lower rate), Tweet news articles without consideration of their reliability and source to gain followers, or to get their 15 minutes of fame and rocks off by sharing their 'expertise' in a NVG thread for some clueless noob.

So in about 14 hours I guess we'll learn if this is real. If I start reading about Australia suffering devastating earthquakes, atleast I'll be grinding some live PLO and die in a casino with a bunch of strangers who are trying to win each other's money.

See you on the other side.