icepick wrote:
I've been slowly working towards this thread, with the very concerns you voiced in your first post Pen. An alien invasion would definitely unite us. But what could we do? Would even the exotic, high tech weapons my country has developed be effective against them? I doubt it.

But I definitely worry about this being used as a scare. Ever since Reagan used it as a point to reach out to Gorbachev in a speech, I have watched its slow manipulation towards a different meaning. First by pop culture, followed by rumors about a left wing plan to use it to get the people to submit.

Tim

I am concerned about a FAKE alien invasion..... not a real one, because I don't think there are any ET out there.   It would be exactly what they need to get people to submit..... and if there is ever a fake invasion I am betting a certain person who thinks he is a God would be behind it.   Matter of fact the warning of a fake alien invasion originally came from Von Braun I think.....  or Carol Rosen for Von Braun? 

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

Edited 1 time by PeacefulSwannie May 7 14 9:18 AM.