Who Should Speak For Earth?

[Yassen]

I was reading in New Scientist today that one of the leaders for SETI (Search for extraterrestrial intelligence) was stepping down. In an interview, she was asked who should speak for humanity if an advanced (peaceful) alien race was to make contact with our own. She said she had no idea, but SETI was considering crowdsourcing the idea to see who people in general believe should speak for humanity. So to facilitate this practice, I bring this question to you.

Who should speak for Earth in the event advanced, peaceful aliens visit Earth?

 

[Rylot]

Someone had to say it.

As for a serious answer I no idea who to go with. It'd probably be the leader of whatever country finds out about the aliens first. Kinda hope it isn't North Korea.

 

[NightmareWarden]

No single person should be the representative of Earth if it involves relations with one alien race. If, as impossibly likely as this would be, there is already an established council of several dozen alien races, then humans would have a small number of representatives. Otherwise...the United Nations I suppose. Events concerning the fate of earth should be up to the leaders of Earth.

What I would prefer would be for the U.N. to admit that Earth is currently very divided and is unable to qualify as a peaceful race/peaceful planet at this time. Technology can hurt and help, and great leaps in technology due to contact with an alien race in a short period of time would likely cause more harm to the Earth, depending on how well kept certain secrets of their technology are kept.

 

[Sean Hollyman]

Morgan Freeman and Liam Neeson's voices in sync.

The aliens will come down and instantly be friendly.

 

[Hazy992]

Snooki

I graciously await our imminent destruction

 

[Rawne1980]

It should be this man....

The aliens might have a better chance at figuring out what the fuck he is saying half the time.

 

[burningdragoon]

This guy:

http://yoshiclub.webs.com/Yoshi.png
Oh what's that? He's not real? You're not real!

Snooki

<spoiler=SPOILER, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SPOILER>

I graciously await our imminent destruction

*hrrk*

 

[Hazy992]

This guy:

http://yoshiclub.webs.com/Yoshi.png
Oh what's that? He's not real? You're not real!

Snooki

<spoiler=SPOILER, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SPOILER>

I graciously await our imminent destruction

*hrrk*

I for one welcome our new alien overlords

 

[Daystar Clarion]

It should be this man....

The aliens might have a better chance at figuring out what the fuck he is saying half the time.

I second this.

Boris has also likely spent millions of the taxpayer's money on some sort of doomsday weapon, just in case First Contact goes tits up.

 

[geK0]

Common people, it has to be either William Shatner or Patrick Stewart!

 

[Kolby Jack]

After he speaks for Earth, he'll be ready to give this speech.

 

[Imthatguy]

Hmm.... preferably some ubermenchian madman that will stop at nothing to become God. Failing that Voltaire's ghost.

 

[BlazeRaider]

UN at best, aliens will just have to settle with the fact that we are a race of fractured groups prone to fighting amongst each other, and have great difficulty forming any united effort against a common ene-fuck, we better make up some leader to make us seem strong, I vote Putin, he seems intimidating.

 

[Hal10k]

Get the pope; tell the aliens that he's he's the most revered human being because he has the largest hat. With any luck we'll have the aliens wearing foot lockers on their heads for the next visit.

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

First, we let the aliens play the Mass Effect series as standard male Shepard without telling them it is fictional.

Spoiler: Then we introduce them to Mark Vanderloo.

 

[HardkorSB]

If the race is advanced enough to reach us, they're advanced enough to browse the web and learn about humanity themselves.

 

[Able Seacat]

It should be this man....

The aliens might have a better chance at figuring out what the fuck he is saying half the time.

I second this.

Boris has also likely spent millions of the taxpayer's money on some sort of doomsday weapon, just in case First Contact goes tits up.

I too agree, after all he is the most influential man in Britain.

Spoiler

And he looks like a lama.

Spoiler

 

[BaronUberstein]

Only two people have voices impressive enough to speak for Earth.

Sean Connery or Morgan Freeman.

Doesn't matter if they know what to say, just hand them a script, we just need an impressive voice!

 

[thahat]

Morgan Freeman and Liam Neeson's voices in sync.

The aliens will come down and instantly be friendly.

actually. morgan freeman. fullstop. i could live with that and im from the netherlands XD.

 

[DYin01]

Morgan Freeman and Liam Neeson's voices in sync.

The aliens will come down and instantly be friendly.

actually. morgan freeman. fullstop. i could live with that and im from the netherlands XD.

So am I and it doesn't matter! Freeman is transcendant.