From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Mon Aug 04 2003 - 14:27:50 MDT
Robert Bradbury wrote:
>> From: "Lee Corbin"
>>
>
>>> YES! For sure there would be WARNING SIGNS in huge capital
>>> letters from the galactic club saying "STAY HOME". But all
>>> we hear is total silence.
>
> Caca. The cost of eliminating a species that attempts to step
> "over the line" is *zero*. They made the investment in nanorobots
> years ago, they sent them out, they are possibly here and the
> minute we go "over the edge" they will take us out. They are
> not going to send us "warning messages". We have to figure it
> out for ourselves (otherwise -- from a "galactic club" perspective
> we are better off dead).
### But if they are so mean, why wouldn't they kill us just so, because they
can, instead of waiting until we step over a line we can't see?
Rafal
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