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to our well being in other ways, as well. We've already stated that by definition, no point on the "globe" is superior to any other. From this erroneous assumption, it is easy to make the jump to other, equally erroneous, and equally fatalistic assumptions. Follow my reasoning if you will. The word "point" starts with a "p", correct? So does the word "people". In the world of mathematics, if A=B and B=C then A=C, so extrapolating this to our current discussion, points and people both start with the same letter, thus points and people are equivalent. Now, take this one step further. People and their actions make up what we call a society. Given the preceding explanation, people have no special significance, and therefore society has no special significance. Thus, we can explain the current breakdown in social mores and conventions. Violent crime is rampant in our country. Kids are killing kids. Drugs. Families are falling apart. The distinction between right and wrong is blurred. Or in some cases, obliterated all together. All because of our fiercely held belief in an Earth represented by a globe.

"But what about Magellan? And the astronauts? And all the scientific evidence that proves' (there's another p' word) that the Earth is indeed a globe?"

"Evidence" can be concocted. Altered. Manipulated. Have you ever flown in a so-called "spacecraft"? Have you seen this with your own eyes? And Magellan? Try this experiment. Take a flat piece of paper. Draw a circle. Make it as large as you wish. On that circle draw the shapes of the continents as you have been taught to represent them. Now, get out your old history textbook and trace Magellan's route. See? Flat. He may have sailed in something resembling a circle, but not "around the world".

We are poised on the brink of destruction. We have nation states threatening to blow each other off the map. (This phrasing actually disproves the "round-Earth conspiracy". If the Earth were actually a globe, the phrasing would be "blow them into the map" and not off of. "Off of", by its very nature indicates a flat surface.) We have people who have no respect for the rights of others. In our own country, the number of people who cannot read is appalling. The voice of reason has been silenced. All the possible good things that we as the human race could accomplish are being sacrificed to the gods of selfishness, materialism, and destruction. I say it is time for all of us to stand up and be counted. Hold your head high with defiance and tell those that have attempted to keep us cowed, that "we will not be moved. We will no longer accept the status quo the faltered perceptions of those in power."

Shake your fist at the establishment and shout for all to hear, "The Earth is Flat!"

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