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- From: amoon <amoon@ergonomica.com>
- Newsgroups: alt.ufo.reports
- Subject: Re: http://www.id4.com
- Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 07:15:50 -0700
- Organization: Ergonomica
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- idn wrote:
- >
- > I wonder if this new movie, INDEPENDENCE DAY, will wrap stuff up properly?
-
- If by "wrap... up properly" you mean in a pretty package with whiz-bang
- special effects etc., looks like a yes. They blow things up real good.
-
- If you're wondering if it will make sense out of the UFO phenomenon or
- present thoughtful entertainment, from the hype I've seen the answer is a
- resounding NO. Along with DARK SKIES, it's just more "evil aliens bent on
- destroying humanity" hokum.
-
- Such entertainments feed the public's irrational, xenophobic, specist fears.
- For those of us who recognize that extraterrestrials are real and that they
- are people deserving to be treated with some dignity, such defamatory
- fantasies cause great harm. At this moment in our history, it is critically
- important that we humans begin to learn how to have a civil relationship with
- non-earth cultures. Our growth, even our survival may depend on it (and not
- because they'll wipe us out).
-
- Each of us decides what we believe to be real. If you believe UFOs and
- extraterrestrial visitors are real, you have to deal with the implications.
- The real world is not a movie.
-
-
- --
- Chris Alexander
- Founder, Extraterrestrial Anti-Defamation Organization (ETADO)
- <http://www.ergonomica.com/amoon/ETADO.html>
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