The vitriol is becasues of the wrath I incured about two hours ago for merely saying I was skeptical of a story that relies on hearsay evidence with nothing to support it...told in a way to ensure mass hysteria in a certain block of my fellow FReepers.
You'd have thought I'd arrived and said "Hi I'm Skinner from DU...can I play?"
The thought police are in effect in here today...no devience from the "bodies every where hanging in the trees oh my GOD this is the end of the world" mindset is being allowed in here.
No, you impugned the poster's dignity because you hadn't seen anything like his story in the mainstream media.
Now who's spreading hyperbole? If you can't handle disagreement, then why are you even on a forum? I guess you want everyone to have the same opinion on everything (yours) and pat ourselves on the back.