Greetin's from Maine (once again)

Well since I seem to have the boards to myself and alone in my boredom I decided to pop in a few horror movies for the night (Kelly, Molly, and the baby are at party in town). After three and puttin' in a fourth, I can't help but wonder if contemporary horror movies distract the populace from the truth and inevitably make us turn a blind eye to the paranormal?

Another thought on the flip side of this morale debate is how accurate are these movies and books? How do they compare to the real deal? I can tell you one thing.; Hollywood deffinitely dropped the ball on the whole werewolf thing. I think that the 1981 classic " The Howling " is perhaps the closest to the truth.

Trust me - I know werewolves. Yes Virginia, there are werewolves.

Another anticdote - if someone does come face to face with the supernatural, and base their survival rate on what they see in the movies, how screwed are they really gonna be?

Just some of those random thoughts that pass through my mind from time to time on these cold winter nights in Maine.

Well thank ya'll for listenin' and have yerselves a good ol' night.

Honestly, I haven't come face to face with the Wierd Stuff too oftain myself. But I have no reason to doubt that there are inteligent supernatural baddies out there who might happily encourage horror films, just so that it makes life easier for them, or scarrier for us.

Fi

Kelly wrote: But I'll be a good girl.

Where'e the fun in that?

I repeat, where's the fun in that?

You're going to steal all my fun away.

I'm sure he's not that bad in real life.

Then again, he might be.

Holister wrote: I can't help but wonder if contemporary horror movies distract the populace from the truth and inevitably make us turn a blind eye to the paranormal?

Quite the opposite.
They just fuel the imagination.

And, of course, saying that the movies are missing the mark don't validate your claims.

No. It doesn't.
Not without conclusive evidence.

Holister wrote:As I said elsewhere, you want proof, then stop hiding behind your computer and look for it. We offer you a chance and blow it off; yeah you want to find the truth.

Which chance?
All I remember is you inviting me to a BBQ and I don't remember saying one way or the other if I could make it yet.
I don't have the kind of job that allows me to just take a day or two off without juggling a complex schedule first.

Holister wrote:You joining this soicety makes as much sense as a screen door on a submarine. Narrow minded people much like yourself would rather berate us than try to actually prove us wrong.

Have I actually berated anybody?
Holister, I've been in the field with Lazlo Agents in my younger days and in all that time whatever mysteries that couldn't be explained simply didn't lend themselves to a paranormal explanation. In all that time I haven't seen one corpse of the so-called monster, never been lifted off my fee with somebody's mind, or any of the other standard paranormal claims.
Furthermore, you're asking me for negative evidence, which is something that is generally considered impossible (to the point that it's actually a logical fallacy). You're clinging to your argument from personal conviction, which is fine, but don't expect reality-based folks to take that fallacy seriously either.
I however have a wall full of files backing me up.
Paranormal claims require paranormal evidence.

Holister wrote:You come of as some know it all with a degree in psycho babble, but you are a closed minded, ignorant, JACKASS!

I have no choice but to disagree.
Because that's simply not true.

Holister wrote:My buddies wife is laying dead somewhere becaus eof the things he does, all of which are related to this site and his work. His daughter is in hiding only God knows where, and I have to listen to you run at the mouth.

Do you have some proof that it is related to this site and his work?
Or just more gut feelings and whatnot?
Thought so.

Holister wrote:Around here, you are either part of the solution, or you are part of the problem. Help us, or we sure as shit won't help you!

If you can find a case where I held up a Society investigation or other interfered with our work, show your evidence.
Otherwise you should probably just stop talking.
That would be the smart thing to do.

Holister wrote:Around here, you are either part of the solution, or you are part of the problem. Help us, or we sure as shit won't help you!

"O con noi o contro di noi"--You're either with us or against us.

- Benito Mussolini

Fair enough.