global update
Newser) – In the US, we mostly laugh off theMayan-predicted apocalypse that will probably eradicate us all in about five days. But in China, it's serious business. Authorities have detained 93 people for allegedly spreading doomsday prophesies and rumors, Reuters reports, including 37 members of the banned Christian "Almighty God" cult. "These cult members recently latched on to the Mayan doomsday scenario to predict the sun will not shine and electricity will not work for three days beginning on December 21," the state-run Xinhua news service reported.
here in the US WE DON'T KNOW as no one else knows pro or con. i guess laughing and dismissing is safe because if it's real those who oppose will never know "BOOM".
Then again, perhaps China has good reason to try to clam down on the rumors; according to another report, they were a motivating factor in the knife attack on 23 children at an elementary school on Friday. The suspected slasher, identified as Min Yongjun, "had been strongly psychologically affected by rumors of the upcoming end of the world," Xinhua reported.
WOW hadn't heard about this, a knife attack 23 damn!!
