existentialist
Tired and unemotional
The problem with all this "everybody knows" prognostication is that, when it turns out to be right, the prognosticators get to look back over the history gleefully and say "I was right!". Which probably reinforces the desire to do it whenever the opportunity arises.
But if it's not right, even if it turns out to be a million-to-one chance, and even if the prognosticators don't agree with the outcome, the fact is that nobody should be traduced in this way on the basis of flimsy evidence. I'm very uncomfortable reading these revelations, whether they are true, or untrue. Given that they seem to be based on the shakiest of foundations, making it unlikely that they are true, or at least credible, reposting them seems cruel and selfish, not to mention libellous.
But if it's not right, even if it turns out to be a million-to-one chance, and even if the prognosticators don't agree with the outcome, the fact is that nobody should be traduced in this way on the basis of flimsy evidence. I'm very uncomfortable reading these revelations, whether they are true, or untrue. Given that they seem to be based on the shakiest of foundations, making it unlikely that they are true, or at least credible, reposting them seems cruel and selfish, not to mention libellous.
