Reply #43: That's besides the point and I pray such speculation is wrong

[Ufomammut]

All I'm saying is that I think we're long past the point of basing our views and concerns around what many would've considered normal, or par for the course, say, several yrs ago. I put nothing past those in power, and their record reveals that fear to be well deserved. I'm not suggesting that we "give into" estab fear-based propaganda, but it's only human to be concerned - without that, without that fear, which is merely a survival instinct, we wouldn't know how to react ...and that's what is so terribly frightening and disheartening about the current dilemma: it would appear that most have been effectively brainwashed into passive indifference regarding what's already happened, as well as potential outcomes ...because...?...well, that's the biggie question, huh? Propaganda and chauvinism are effective, yes, but how to explain this mass subversion of what one would think is basic survival instincts that come hard-wired in the human system? The mind boggles...