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Wow! That link is to one of the biggest loads of garbage I have seen. That wierdo tells a story about these two guys and their daughters in a doomsday scenario as if it had happened! Anyone who swallows that hogwash and buys his books is even more gullible than the ones who think it might happen in 2012. Maybe I should start selling tinfoil hats with the guarantee that if they wear them they will be safe from any doomsday events that occur in 2012. I could just conveniently leave out the fact that they will still be safe if they don't wear them.
I don't think 2012 is a hoax and definitely don't think everything in that package is not real. I bought it when they first launched September 1st. It has some good info in it that I think people just take a closer look at it instead of denying everything before actually listening first.
Hmm… ok.
First I'll tackle your brief statement, and then I'll give you my feelings about the "2012 Official Countdown" site.
I don't think 2012 is a hoax
Why not? What do you think will happen in 2012? Please be specific as to the events you think will occur in 2012, and give your reasons for believing them.
and definitely don't think everything in that package is not real.
Hm… damned by faint praise. So you're saying that some things in the package are "not real"? Care to put a percentage on how much of it is real?
I bought it when they first launched September 1st.
I'm sorry to hear that you wasted your money.
It has some good info in it
Some? Not "a lot"? Not "Essential information"?
that I think people just take a closer look at it instead of denying everything before actually listening first.
I think you're missing a conjunction, or something there. As best as I am able to tell, you are saying that people should "take a closer look at it" before "denying everything".
I suppose that is fair enough… except that we don't really care what the book says. This feeds directly into my main concern with that website. Allow me to explain:
That site is one of the most deceptive and manipulative sites I have ever run across. It reads like the pitch of an old western snake-oil salesman, or a con-artist.
"Trouble, oh we got trouble,
Right here in River City!
With a capital "T"
That rhymes with "P"
And that stands for Pool,
That stands for pool!
Professor Harold Hill was building an unjustified fear of the moral degeneracy of the game of pool (billiards) in the minds of the citizens of River City, in order to promote his plan of organizing a band. His con was to sell band instruments and uniforms to the gulls and then skip town with the cash.
The "2012 Official Countdown" site is just an electronic version of the same con. It is one long build-up of fear. It dangles fear and danger in front of the reader, and then leverages that fear in order to sell a product.
Does the author care that some people who read that site might do drastic things? The author claims that "governments of the world ultimatley [sic] decided not to tell you the truth." and that "millions will be affected, and your world will be turned upside down… forever!" and "How you can safeguard your life… and the lives of your family members. Because you really can survive"
Doesn't this instill fear in the reader? Doesn't this clearly imply that something catastrophic is going to happen? Doesn't this imply that only they have the secret to survival, which they will gladly share with you (if you only buy their book for $50).
It doesn't matter what the books says. The advertising promotes fear, and then leverages it, manipulating the reader in a blatant, disgusting, and despicable example of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt).
At that point, I don't care what the book says. The author is spreading fear in order to make a buck.
So now, I have a question for you: Are you an affiliate? Do you make up to $33.90 on each sale?
The definition of a hoax is "…a deliberate attempt to deceive or trick an audience into believing or accepting that something is real, when the hoaxer (the person or group creating the hoax) knows it is false." The site is advertised within ClickBank as follows:
The #1 2012 Product On CB And The Internet. This Will Be The Most Talked About Topic Around The World For The Next 3 Years. High Search Volume, Cheap Traffic, High Conversions, Great Product, $33+ Per Sale *Huge Earning Potential*.
2012 Official Countdown To December 21, 2012.
This ad blurb within ClickBank implies that the author is fully aware of the fear of 2012, and has written this book in order to make money from it. So yes, the "2012 official countdown" site, and all of the sites associated with it, are hoaxes.
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