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Originally posted by Pericle
The last thing aliens [good aliens] want is an united Earth against a common alien enemy. Not because of the human threat, but because of the lack of cultural evolution this event would cause to humanity.
This would basically take the savage human in space politics. This will never happen, man will never "do" space politics as long as he is a "savage".
We will rather have World War 3 than an alien invasion. Aliens are the last thing we should fear. Even aliens are scared of our destructive nature. We will never "conquer" space with this mentality.
Originally posted by xeroxed88
I do agree with you to some extent. However, it would suck to have a war on that scale. Not saying that a "small" war isn't as bad...
I'm actually really, REALLY wanting one of these prophesised events to take place (Eg. 2012, Planet X, etc.). I think it would kick alot of the human race square in the nuts and hopefully unite us.
I think we need something "massive" to teach alot of "leaders" that they aren't "all that and a bag of chips".
Not sure if it's just me being stupid but I can kind of sense something will happen pretty soon.
Originally posted by mar39241
Really! Any race capable of travelling across space (faster than light to be an effective attcking and thus occupying force) clearly has the ability to zap us from space without us lifting a finger
Stupid argument.
regards,
Malc.
Originally posted by WraothAscendant
reply to post by Sentinel 1
Yea it would be a good thing. As long as they weren't terribly far ahead of us in weapon technologies, in which case well we would be:
1) dead
2) inslaved and once they figure out we make crappy slaves then dead
People would forget their differences in the face of such glaring differences. For as long as the threat is percieved. Then we'd probly revert back to the same old BS.
Originally posted by verylowfrequency
I really don't see an alien force like some Hollywood movie just showing up & putting us down with their superior technology. Why when they don't need to?
While there would likely be both good & bad alien races coming into contact with us likely they would not need to use brute force when they could just come in silently & do as they wish behind the scenes - until such time their presence is revealed.
They could just overlay their mind control on top of our current media without us even being aware of it.
It is possible they are already here and doing as they wish with or without some of our knowledge or consent. Those who would be in that knowledge would also know that it might not be in the best interest of the general population to have such knowledge. There would likely be some living amongst us and even if they were doing damage to mankind - the threat of widespread damage beyond the curent could create chaos and a full blown war where many more would parish. That would be enough to keep those who are currently in the know silent as they know being silent may be helping millions survive.
Likely they would approach certain governments of earth and trade a little tech for whatever resources on earth they felt the need to acquire. They would then hide behind the scenes with their trade deals & slowly take control of the world one government at a time. Either deal with them or lose your power to the next party willing to deal with them in silence if there not interested in your government they will just bully you with the more powerful governments they control.
We might just be a resource to them & in order to keep the status quo - those who discover them - just as quickly discover why it is so important to keep silent. Break the silence & your child may never make it to college and our collective innocence of the universe will become lost forever once our reality in it becomes revealed . Sometimes it's better for all not to know the truth if the truth crushes your current reality to the point that you can no longer function.
Originally posted by WraothAscendant
reply to post by Sentinel 1
Ah but the hatred of arabs and jews would still exist to be picked up again. And that is just ONE example amongst many.
Originally posted by Sentinel 1
Any how I heard an interesting take the other day that I actually agreed with although it is a bit scary but it may be the only way for world peace if an outside force (ET's) attacked us it would force every country to unite and fight together to keep from being taken over or destroyed...I know with all the siteings and such it is a nightmare scenario....But if you think it would solve a lot of problems we have now....