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Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 8:28 PM
Subject: End Times
> "It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine."
> R.E.M.
>
> In ancient days, the end of the world was to come through a war between
the
> gods (see Ragnarok or Armageddon).
>
> In the Cold War, the end of the world was to come through nuclear
> incineration or, conversely, nuclear winter.
>
> In 1999, the end of the world was to come when our computer-dependent
culture
> fell apart due to the Y2K bug.
>
> Then there are various short-lived or fringe apocalypses, such as the end
of
> the world -- the free one, anyway -- coming through creation of a
tyrannical
> world government with its roots in the UN, NAFTA, the WTO and so forth.
>
> It's pretty clear that visions of the end of the world reflect the
societal
> fears of the era. So what's the end of the world now?
>
> I already know my opinion -- I'm more interested in yours, and I don't
want
> to prematurely spin the conversation down a particular path by offering my
> views in the starting post. I'll pipe up a little later -- chances are, if
> I'm anything close to being "right," several other people will have the
same
> idea anyway.
>
> So, how does the world end in today's society? For a real challenge, how
does
> it end in the next generation of this meme?
>
> Patrick Sweeney
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Simple. The next ice age comes 50k years prematurely. The melting polar ice
caps dump enough fresh water into the oceans to shut off the major ocean
streams, especially the gulf stream, it starts to snow everywhere, the snow
reflects the sun, the earth cools. Some evidence has shown that an ice age
can start in 50 years. (From a Science magazine I read 2 years ago, don't
know which week it was.)
Kevin Tarr
Trump high, lead low
