Who Should Speak For Earth?

[RicoADF]

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?

The United Nations. Their the ambassadors for earth and what any future "Earth Alliance"/whatever we call the eventual global government that bring humanity to the stars would most likely come from.

If your after one person, then Morgan Freeman would be the best choice, he does leader roles so well in movies

 

[JayElleBee]

I nominate Stephen Fry. Seriously, could anything resist his charm?

What I came here to say.

Either this, or I second the Jennifer Hale comment.

 

[mooncalf]

George Carlin.

 

[Manji187]

I don't think an ADVANCED and PEACEFUL alien race has any reason to be talking to us (on an equal footing). Just think about it, what could they possibly want that we could give them?

Perhaps they even have a non-interference directive (a la Star Trek).

But no, everybody goes along with the hypothesis, no matter how unlikely.

 

[Ammutseba]

Chuck Norris joke time?

 

[WaysideMaze]

Another vote for Stephen Fry. Show the aliens the best of us.

 

[repeating integers]

Bono!

Alright, alright, sorry.

Actual real answer: No one person. A council of the best. None of them should be politicians.

 

[mrjoe94]

I vote Brian Blessed, he could become the mascot of Earth and it will be glorious.

 

[AnarchistFish]

Nasa or something. Governments, the UN, the EU, would fuck it up.

 

[WaReloaded]

I feel as though maybe two (or more) people should speak on behalf of Earth. We've far too many cultures to be represented by only one person. Having said that, my vote would probably go to the 14th Dalai Lama. I'd rather a spokesman of peace represent us, that's assuming that the alien race won't view our species as weak and attack us as a result of the spokesperson's complacency.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Naturally, I would pick the person who I agree with most and think is right about everything.

Spoiler

Me. Of course.

 

[mindlesspuppet]

William Shatner is the obvious choice, he has far more experience in such matters than anyone else on the planet.

 

[Fredvdp]

Definitely Stephen Fry.

 

[jurnag12]

I'd say it's obvious

They shall be pacified by his work on Ziltoid and thus form a peaceful partnership of Metal and coffee with us all.
Or we'll all die horrible after a bad joke, but hey, why not.

 

[jurnag12]

I'd say that it's obvious

I'd say they'd all have a good chuckle over the Ziltoid the Omniscient album and then start discussing a peaceful partnership between the aliens and Earth, consisting of equal quantities of coffee and metal.

 

[jurnag12]

Okay, balls to this, can someone delete my past 2 posts? I can't get the bloody images to work and I double-posted on top of that.

 

[Woodsey]

Stacey Solomon obviously. After 30 seconds they won't be coming in peace any more.

Best porn film tagline ever.

OT: I'll also throw my hat in for Boris Johnson. Maybe they'll understand the fucking Ping Pong thing.

 

[Popadoo]

The Dalai Lama.
Maybe he could convince them that we're not all assholes.

 

[ZehMadScientist]

I nominate that homeless fellow with the golden radio voice. The aliens will be instantaneously charmed.