Poll: Human superiority ideology vs Aliens
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The reason we lost the Vietnam war and Korean war was because we refused to use our technology to win after we dropped the bombs on Japan. Against our morals or something.Sewblon said:
But I've always been a fighter so I say die fighting rather than apply a shotgun to cure my body of its head. Unless they're friendly and seeking an alliance, which, as unlikely events usually are, is at the top of the list, because everyone knows what exploration is for; to claim a country before someone else does.
I think the main problem with this idea is that we are expecting this alien race to act close to the human fashion. How could we possible know what to expect?
As for destroying the planet with nukes instead of letting them colonize it/or extract resources from it...that is self-defeating...
What's the point of killing everything, if nothing (ourselves included) will be alive? Making the planet uninhabitable for hundreds, if not thousands of years.
I think our paranoia and fear of anything unknown/foreign will cause many problems if this "what-if" scenario. Making attempts at diplomacy with the alien race strained and difficult.
Another major problem will be the human tendency of fighting pointlessly amongst ourselves.
Oscar Wilde - "As long as war is looked upon as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked on as vulgar, it will cease to be popular."
As for destroying the planet with nukes instead of letting them colonize it/or extract resources from it...that is self-defeating...
What's the point of killing everything, if nothing (ourselves included) will be alive? Making the planet uninhabitable for hundreds, if not thousands of years.
I think our paranoia and fear of anything unknown/foreign will cause many problems if this "what-if" scenario. Making attempts at diplomacy with the alien race strained and difficult.
Another major problem will be the human tendency of fighting pointlessly amongst ourselves.
Oscar Wilde - "As long as war is looked upon as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked on as vulgar, it will cease to be popular."
If they plan to rule us: Meh, I can live with that.
If they are going to eat or kill us however: I'm right behind you Mr Freeman!
If they are going to eat or kill us however: I'm right behind you Mr Freeman!
I'm on with Knight Templar. They're going to subjugate us, fine, just they better not pull any holocaust nonsense or we'll have some harsh words and a very interesting day. And they better not violate our human, or I guess in that situation it would be "sentient" rights (possibly that might be a joke to them).
Although the topic here is "Alien Invasion," I do not rule out possibility for a peaceable encounter. If we can coexist, HUZZAH!!!! Flying cars and green energy for everyone! If they want to trade (although I have no idea what for), okay. If they want to be our overlords, fine, state what changes they want to make, we'll state what we want to stay the same, and work it out from there. No reason our society can't continue like it is (with a few modifications to suit our new rulers) under the supervision of a more powerful race. If they want to kill us all, no chance for negotiations, LAUNCH THE GORRAMN NUKES!!!
Although if at all in a position to ask for it, I'd like the privilege to go with them once they're done. Just see what else is out there. Could end up either as a diplomatic envoy, a normal passenger, a slave, a lab rat or a sex toy, but wth, right? It's all in the name of exploration.
Although the topic here is "Alien Invasion," I do not rule out possibility for a peaceable encounter. If we can coexist, HUZZAH!!!! Flying cars and green energy for everyone! If they want to trade (although I have no idea what for), okay. If they want to be our overlords, fine, state what changes they want to make, we'll state what we want to stay the same, and work it out from there. No reason our society can't continue like it is (with a few modifications to suit our new rulers) under the supervision of a more powerful race. If they want to kill us all, no chance for negotiations, LAUNCH THE GORRAMN NUKES!!!
Although if at all in a position to ask for it, I'd like the privilege to go with them once they're done. Just see what else is out there. Could end up either as a diplomatic envoy, a normal passenger, a slave, a lab rat or a sex toy, but wth, right? It's all in the name of exploration.
Look, at our current technological level, any alien race that not only has the capability but the willingness to venture as far out into the galaxy to visit a planet as dull and uninteresting as ours is going to do so for only one reason: conquest. And any space-faring species that can cross massive interstellar distances in one lifetime would also have much better weapons, armor and so on. So in short, we wouldn't stand a chance and our only hope is to surrender. Again, I must remind you that this is the scenario that we would encounter if aliens visited us right now at our current technological level.
Embrace these aliens peacefully, try making friends with them, work with them to make a better world, learn their language, earn their trust and in time our differences will end. Seriously though, any human who opposes them and shouts:
"No way, humanity is superiour!"
Is talking out of his fat terrestrial arse because in the long run, humans aren't very special.
As a side note I'd like it if a whole alliance of aliens races came to Earth. You know like the aliens from Mass Effect, I could chill out at the bar with some Krogan and come home to an Asari lover if this new world did exist.
If the aliens were say, the elites from Halo I would bow to them, invite them over to my friend Paul's house and say:
"Kick him till he bleeds."
And they will.
(note: Paul always mocks me for being an elite, this would be divine justice.)
"No way, humanity is superiour!"
Is talking out of his fat terrestrial arse because in the long run, humans aren't very special.
As a side note I'd like it if a whole alliance of aliens races came to Earth. You know like the aliens from Mass Effect, I could chill out at the bar with some Krogan and come home to an Asari lover if this new world did exist.
If the aliens were say, the elites from Halo I would bow to them, invite them over to my friend Paul's house and say:
"Kick him till he bleeds."
And they will.
(note: Paul always mocks me for being an elite, this would be divine justice.)
It depends on if they are going to kill us, or enslave us... or just click/ululate haughtily and generally act like superior lifeforms without actually, you know, doing anything about it.
I think that last one I could live with, if only because we could laugh behind their backs about their tentacles and cytoplasm and... mouth-analogues. Meanwhile running the world and dominating the galactic trade routes without our "Overlords" noticing because in this particular fantasy they mastered interstellar travel by being really stupid.
I keep writing common figures of speech that reference a body part and then going "Wait, maybe the aliens don't have that body part!" and then changing it.
I left one in.
I think that last one I could live with, if only because we could laugh behind their backs about their tentacles and cytoplasm and... mouth-analogues. Meanwhile running the world and dominating the galactic trade routes without our "Overlords" noticing because in this particular fantasy they mastered interstellar travel by being really stupid.
I keep writing common figures of speech that reference a body part and then going "Wait, maybe the aliens don't have that body part!" and then changing it.
I left one in.