Ieuan
Temporal Novice
Greetings unto all on this most interesting of message boards.
I'm really not very interested in time travel but I was drawn here due to something that piqued my curiosity. I was listening to Coast to Coast recently and heard an interview with the attorney for the family of John Titor and learned of his story. I was intrigued to say the least but also bummed when I found out I missed out on all of the fun. It's kind of like being around when the Hula-Hoop was big but not knowing it was there; and when you find out it existed they are all gone. Major buzz kill.
So I went in search of this John person and landed on the web site that had almost all of his posts archived and was even more bummed out; I hate missing good stuff. I eventually found the link to this site and got to read all of the exchanges, which was very cool.
I'm not a science geek even on the most basic of levels. I'm obsessed with two things: studying and recreating the Middle Ages and politics that support liberty. While what you explore here is not my personal cup of tea I got hooked on the Titor story.
Now I don't believe for one second that John was from 2036, not because I have the ability to debunk his technology or poke holes in his story, but because I'm one of those "I need hard proof to believe it" kind of people.
It doesn't take a visitor from the future or a psychic to point out that this country, and world for that matter, is on the express train to Hurt City. I think that's fairly obvious, so John isn't telling us much that one can't surmise from watching five minutes of international news. He was just more colorful on the details.
I am very grateful to John for two things. One is it was a very cool story and he really got into the role. If you turned off the technical / skeptical part of your brain it was entertaining and easy to get caught up in. And most importantly John said some things that we should heed and heed well.
One is to know our Constitution. How can you know your rights are being subverted if you don't know what your rights are? His point of leaving your digs the first time the government searches your homes reminded me of Nazi Germany. All those unfortunate souls that thought they could just ride the storm out died slow horrible deaths. I'm not going there folks.
Disaster preparedness and battle readiness was another. When everything blows if I'm not at 100% readiness I want to be ground zero. Surviving but not being able to fend well is more frightening to me than going up in a puff of smoke.
What we are putting into our bodies by way of what we eat. I do hunt and grow my veggies when growing season allows. When I buy food it's as organic as I can find. The crap we usually eat is slow poison.
The importance of community and gathering them now to band together when things go south is another great point. This is something I have already done and I think is very important.
These are just the high points of what John had to say that I'm down with. For those who just wanted to discredit him I think some really important stuff may have slipped by, I hope I'm wrong.
So John I know you're out there reading this, thanks man. It was one hell of a good story and most importantly a timely and sensible reminder. When the hammer falls I hope you have prepared as you have suggested.
Lord Ieuan Morgannwg
I'm really not very interested in time travel but I was drawn here due to something that piqued my curiosity. I was listening to Coast to Coast recently and heard an interview with the attorney for the family of John Titor and learned of his story. I was intrigued to say the least but also bummed when I found out I missed out on all of the fun. It's kind of like being around when the Hula-Hoop was big but not knowing it was there; and when you find out it existed they are all gone. Major buzz kill.
So I went in search of this John person and landed on the web site that had almost all of his posts archived and was even more bummed out; I hate missing good stuff. I eventually found the link to this site and got to read all of the exchanges, which was very cool.
I'm not a science geek even on the most basic of levels. I'm obsessed with two things: studying and recreating the Middle Ages and politics that support liberty. While what you explore here is not my personal cup of tea I got hooked on the Titor story.
Now I don't believe for one second that John was from 2036, not because I have the ability to debunk his technology or poke holes in his story, but because I'm one of those "I need hard proof to believe it" kind of people.
It doesn't take a visitor from the future or a psychic to point out that this country, and world for that matter, is on the express train to Hurt City. I think that's fairly obvious, so John isn't telling us much that one can't surmise from watching five minutes of international news. He was just more colorful on the details.
I am very grateful to John for two things. One is it was a very cool story and he really got into the role. If you turned off the technical / skeptical part of your brain it was entertaining and easy to get caught up in. And most importantly John said some things that we should heed and heed well.
One is to know our Constitution. How can you know your rights are being subverted if you don't know what your rights are? His point of leaving your digs the first time the government searches your homes reminded me of Nazi Germany. All those unfortunate souls that thought they could just ride the storm out died slow horrible deaths. I'm not going there folks.
Disaster preparedness and battle readiness was another. When everything blows if I'm not at 100% readiness I want to be ground zero. Surviving but not being able to fend well is more frightening to me than going up in a puff of smoke.
What we are putting into our bodies by way of what we eat. I do hunt and grow my veggies when growing season allows. When I buy food it's as organic as I can find. The crap we usually eat is slow poison.
The importance of community and gathering them now to band together when things go south is another great point. This is something I have already done and I think is very important.
These are just the high points of what John had to say that I'm down with. For those who just wanted to discredit him I think some really important stuff may have slipped by, I hope I'm wrong.
So John I know you're out there reading this, thanks man. It was one hell of a good story and most importantly a timely and sensible reminder. When the hammer falls I hope you have prepared as you have suggested.
Lord Ieuan Morgannwg
