2012 Bunk?

I found this article on Y! News, "2012 isn't the end of the world, Mayans insist".

The article says that most of this hype and hysteria is a Western thing,

"But most archaeologists, astronomers and Maya say the only thing likely to hit Earth is a meteor shower of New Age philosophy, pop astronomy, Internet doomsday rumors and TV specials..."

What Mayans are really worried about is,

"If I went to some Mayan-speaking communities and asked people what is going to happen in 2012, they wouldn't have any idea," said Jose Huchim, a Yucatan Mayan archaeologist. "That the world is going to end? They wouldn't believe you. We have real concerns these days, like rain."

This type of hysteria is similar if not exactly the same as the Y2K fiasco. Everyone always believes the world is going to end and use some ancient indigenous belief to fuel something that they don't even really understand. Western hysteria over the unknown is quite laughable.

What we should be frettin' over is the lack of water and food for the Mayans that are talked about so much.

"The Maya never said the world is going to end, they never said anything bad would happen necessarily, they're just recording this future anniversary on Monument Six."