I recently replied to a comment on a post and while writing it I realized that a lot of people use the Y2K/New Millennium lack of a flashy catastrophe to dismiss 2012.  The particular comment basically called everyone who has an interest in 2012 an idiot (his word not mine) and this is because nothing happened in 2000.  2012 is quickly approaching and if it passes with no huge doomsday event, I will be the first to celebrate.  But the question is... do we need a major doomsday catastrophe for the world to end as we know it?

Below is my response to him and I wanted to share it with you.

"Everyone has a right to speak and feel as they do. I don't think that people who are interested in learning about the possibilities of 2012 and beyond deserve to be called idiots. Lots of times the name callers and naysayers are really just scared little people who need to bolster there egos by putting others down. I normally let comments like your just pass on by without comment (although I will never fail to post them) because everyone deserves a voice. First let me say that if you really feel this way, I don't understand why you even bother coming to the site, let alone comment. Again that's your right and trust me when I say welcome. I would hope that when you come back that maybe you could give us some useful insights about why you think the way you do.
As far as the whole Y2K/New Millennium thing take a look at the bigger picture. When all the talk was out there about the year 2000 most centered around a big flashy SHTF event. That was of course very "newsworthy". Most level headed people talked about the the end of the world as we know it. Isn't that happening now? Didn't the world change with the "Tech Stock Bubble Burst", 9/11, the Irag war, climate change, the "Housing Bubble Burst", the economic crisis, Obama's election and these are a few items? I could go on with a whole list of current and possible changes that each in it's self could really change the world as we know it. How much more change do you want? Where are we headed? I don't know for sure, but 2012 seems to be a focal point for many many many changes that are all coming to us at once. Political, social, spiritual, physical, planetary and cosmic changes that seem to be linked to the year 2012. December 21st 2012? Probably not, but it at least gives us a point in time to focus on and start to prepare for."

The sentence "I could go on with a whole list of current and possible changes that each in it's self could really change the world as we know it."  is what we focus on with the 2012 investigation.  Maybe you each could list events; whether they be political, social, spiritual, physical, planetary or cosmic, that may change the world as we know it by December 21 2012.  I would love to see the lists you all come up with.  If you think the whole 2012 thing is a bunch of hogwash let us know why, because all opinions are welcome.