http://www.galacticmu.com/daily-space/tiny-coffin-nails/ Press your spaceface close to mine Mon, 31 May 2010 06:40:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.galacticmu.com/daily-space/tiny-coffin-nails/comment-page-1/#comment-709 Zombie Jesus Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:39:40 +0000 http://www.galacticmu.com/?p=423#comment-709 All I can think of when this subject comes up is every goddamn first contact narrative on this planet. "Hey, who are you guys...oh, shit, they're crushing our babies' heads for fun and also I'm developing this unusual rash!" I just don't trust that anyone else out there isn't as horrible as we are, or worse. We can expect that intelligent life does exist, but why would that life have developed a moral framework that is even remotely compatible with ours? I'm thinking of <i>Sparrow</i> a bit here. All I can think of when this subject comes up is every goddamn first contact narrative on this planet. “Hey, who are you guys…oh, shit, they’re crushing our babies’ heads for fun and also I’m developing this unusual rash!” I just don’t trust that anyone else out there isn’t as horrible as we are, or worse. We can expect that intelligent life does exist, but why would that life have developed a moral framework that is even remotely compatible with ours? I’m thinking of Sparrow a bit here.

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