Are the Dutch smoking a bit too much?

I read in the newspaper yesterday that thousands of people in the Netherlands say they expect the world to end in 2012, and to get ready many say they are taking precautions to prepare for the apocalypse. While theories on the supposed catastrophe varied, most tied the 2012 date to the end of the Mayan calendar.

Now the funniest part of it all is that many of those interviewed are stocking up on emergency supplies, including life rafts and other equipment. Maybe I am stupid, maybe I am slow.... but doesn't an apocalypse mean the end of civilisation?

So my obvious question is - how do you prepare for that? If we are facing extinction in 2012, then there is nothing to prepare for, because the entire idea of extinction is that there will be no tomorrow...

Another great part of the story that shows the stupidity of it all, came from the racist front in the Netherlands who said, "You know, maybe it's really not that bad that the Netherlands will be destroyed. I don't like it here anymore. Take immigration, for example. They keep letting people in. And then we have to build more houses, which makes the Netherlands even heavier. The country will sink even lower, which will make the flooding worse."

The scariest part of it all (aside from our extinction) is that the racist front has major support politically in the Netherlands. But never fear there is justice in this world, and karma has a way of getting its revenge. We saw that when they got kicked out in the UEFA Cup a few days ago.