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Originally posted by DigThat
You can call me paranoid and a conpiracy nut where im going with this specualation. And I'm not saying that I think they are, but it wouldnt surprise me if they came about disclosure in that fashion. Its proven that the U.S goverment (and Russian too for that matter) are covering up what they know about UFOs, so what would be the easiest way for a goverment to confess the fact they knew these vehicles exist? To say that they think they are friendly, or they dont know if they are or not, or that they are hostile and they were covering it up for the publics best interest? I mean, people would pretty pissed off if they were told that these things have been visiting us and are friendly, but we havent done our job and told you that; because you didnt have a "need to know".
I thought that Ronald Reagans speech to the United Nations were unsettling even though it was presented in a hypothetical kind of way. How anyone would even think that starting a war with a civilisation that would have to be far more advanced technologically then us, would be a smart thing is beyond stupid.
Originally posted by Tiloke
My sister gave me a book that was writtin in the late 70's. It was writtin by someone who said he used to be high up in government. Unfortunatly I nca't remember the name of the book or the author.
[edit on 25-1-2007 by Tiloke]
The author gave a list of the criteria our species would have to meet before large scale contact was made.
1. You must have a single planetary government. If YOU can't decide who speaks for Earth, how can we?
2. You must have a single planetary religion. Its hard enough keeping individual species from killing each other due to religious differences.
3. In order to enter "galactic trade" you must have a planetary currency. This currency must be backed by something.(gold standard, for example)
4. You must develop interplanetary travel on your own. We will help you with interstellar once you "get your feet wet".(in the book the author explained that due to a mistranslation, the space race was so important because both Russia and America both thought that once they made it to the moon, ET would open trade with them.)
Originally posted by ignorant_ape
Conclusion :
These 4 points are silly pipe dreams which – despite the claims of advancement , enlightenment and progress , actually hark to a dystopian nightmare where free will , individual choice \and the right to self determination and basic freedoms are all trampled in the pursuit of “ a greater good “
And worse , the “ benevolent “ “enlightened “ aliens are refusing to help us until we prostrate ourselves
“ conditional aid “ is rightly condemned when it occurs in real life
Why should we accept such conditional aid from aliens , especially at such a high price ?
Originally posted by SkepticGreek74
Ignorant ape...your beyond ignorant...your actually DISTURBED!!!
I have read your posts and none make any sense whatsoever!
How can any alien race take us(human race) seriously when we are broken down into 200+ countries with hundreds of languages/dialects, hundreds of currency and dozens of religious beliefs. The only positive and fruitful contact possible under these circumstances is with individual powerful countries such as USA, Russia, China etc! They give technology in exchange for something else ONLY TO THOSE COUNTRIES!
For the record I am pro-socialistic world government and not pro-capitalistic wg! IMO the Canadian and European ecopolitical systems are the best and should be copied into the world government scheme. I would hate to see a handfull of all-powerfull conglomorates dominate the world scene and gather all the resources while billions of inidividuals are virtually enslaved to them. Unfortunately thats what I see happening up to now.
So yes pro-wg but socialistic and the world must eventually unite for the better! If we must give up some of our freedom for this to materialize then so be it. Everything has a cost!
Yrs, Mr. Realist!
Originally posted by Togetic
On the other hand, the woman blew her credibility out of the water later on when she claimed that she knew that the aliens wanted peace and had technology to solve our problems. C'est la vie.
Originally posted by 137
Originally posted by Togetic
On the other hand, the woman blew her credibility out of the water later on when she claimed that she knew that the aliens wanted peace and had technology to solve our problems. C'est la vie.
No this was not blowing her credibility, this is one of the main points of the project. By peace that they claim aliens have been shutting down nuke missiles and there is yet no signs of hostility. With technology she means free energy for everyone! (back engineered?) That would solve alot of troubles.. There are people who find that this advanced tech can not fall into the common humans hand, imagine everyone flying around in anti gravity vehicles and what could happen if they fall into "bad hands".
Originally posted by Togetic
Further, what happens when the ET technology falls into the hands of bad ET's? They may have some sort of justice system to remedy such a happening.
Originally posted by 137
When a life evolves to this level that they can travel lightyears to our planet, then they must have found a way to live with each other without selfdestructing there own species and world(s) in the process, this would also point out why they have not enslaved/erased our kind already
And why is it unreasonable for planet with a radius of 3000 miles and humans scattered all over it to have evolved different religions and languages? That is how we naturally evolved. Are we to be the outcasts of the galaxy on that unreasonable basis? I wouldn't want a part of any culture that rejects other cultures on that basis, frankly. Furthermore, why is it unreasonable for us to have different currencies?
This is a political opinion and does not address the topic at hand. I find it fundamentally presumptive to assume that the world requires a socialist government before we make contact. This is based on your political opinions, which you have impressed on any possible ETs because you think it is an idealistic system. I am not going to argue that your political ideas are wrong, but I must respectfully challenge this assumption.
There is a belief that just because ETs come from the sky, they must necessarily be angels. Based on stories from history, we as humans have been making this assumption for too many years. We need to recognize that they may be deadbeats just like us. I don't wish it were like that, but it's how things are.
Originally posted by Togetic
I watched the Disclosure Project press conference the other day, and a woman who claimed to have worked with von Braun near the end of his life. He claimed that there were people who ordained that we would demonize the USSR, then after they fell we would go after international terrorism, and then we would turn against the ET's. What perked my ears was that this testimony was given in May of 2001, before 9/11 and the War on Terror. Has there been any other testimony corroborating this evidence? If so, has anyone spoken of a timetable?
On the other hand, the woman blew her credibility out of the water later on when she claimed that she knew that the aliens wanted peace and had technology to solve our problems. C'est la vie.
Originally posted by ignorant_ape
A fuzzy wuzy utopian dream , it sounds nice to talk about – and works in science fiction novels
But this is the real world
It's sort of ironic, because as a modern culture we embrace "diversity," but it definitely makes it difficult to talk to outsiders. On the one hand, if I can speculate a little, they may have technology or abilities that render our language abilities different. And they will need to integrate our economy into a larger community. But if we aren't fully homogenized, is it right for them to just pass us over? Because actually bringing our social and economic systems together is virtually impossible without an outside force giving us a "human" identity.
Originally posted by DigThat
I thought that Ronald Reagans speech to the United Nations were unsettling even though it was presented in a hypothetical kind of way. How anyone would even think that starting a war with a civilisation that would have to be far more advanced technologically then us, would be a smart thing is beyond stupid.
Originally posted by Togetic
I am forced to agree; how could anyone in their right mind think that this is the logical way to go? Steven Greer claimed that the earth leadership was "eschatological" in their thinking--meaning that they were looking towards Biblical Armageddon--but given his past statements and lack of proof, I find that incredibly hard to believe.