Jan 09, 2004 23:23
I applaud the initiative announced by Our President vis-a-vis a manned mission to Mars. Wouldn't it be a hoot if we found some sort of previously-unimaginable form of sentience? What an opportunity the Red Planet represents! Why, it's a chance to introduce Humanity's Enemy, slithering out of the red mud flats and gobbling up our shiny, innocent robot scouts!
War feeds the media machine. War is good for (certain) industries. War makes for good, manly headlines, and for marvelous photo opportunities. Eventually, the current cast of villains currently enjoying prominence in the cross-hairs of the world's most well-financed War Machine will be caught. They will lose. Someone - or something - must replace them upon the stage of world events. Aliens would be particularly nice because - whatever the differences between the nations and races and creeds of this world - this would be a Foe We Could All Rally Against!