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trotsky

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3. Yes of course that's the excuse given.
Wed Jan 30, 2013, 12:55 PM
Jan 2013

Needless to say, there hasn't been a civil war raging for a few years, and I'll put money down that Russia isn't going to nuke us in two years to stop an out-of-control US government. The Olympics have been going on without a hitch since "Titor" posted they would cease, too. So the imagined future that the Titor character comes from will never happen to us, and his warnings are bunkum and useless. Or just a plain old hoax.

I'm opting for the simpler explanation here. Of course, you do realize the burden of proof is on the Titor disciples to prove his claims were true. If you can just wave your arms and dismiss any of his incorrect predictions by saying that our timeline changed, then you've got yourself a lovely little non-falsifiable claim, and that's a game not worth playing.

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