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theophilus:
Thank you Mike. God bless you.
loretta:
Krokodil Crock: How Rumors Of A 'Flesh-Eating Zombie Drug' Swept The Nation
The pattern here is familiar from other drug scares, such as the 2012 story about the guy who supposedly was driven to eat a man’s face by “bath salts” he did not take. Reckless claims by doctors and cops are picked up by the press, which encourages new reckless claims, which leads to more sensational coverage, and so on. No matter how many times they are debunked, the stories persist because they appeal to the same impulses that send people to horror movies or make them slow down to gawk when they pass a car crash. People are fascinated by gruesome imagery, and they want to believe in monsters.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacobsullum/2014/01/10/krokodil-crock-how-rumors-of-a-flesh-eating-zombie-drug-swept-the-nation/
theophilus:
Loretta, thanks a bunch for that link! Thank God it's not true! :)
indianabob:
Theo....
I like your motto and have a favorite of my own with additions.
"Yes I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you"
Longer version:
“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”
Communication without God's spirit can be confusion;
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