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I'm not really sure we should be placing judgement values on any possible non-earth based life form. I don't discount the possibility that life of the intelligent variety exists outside of this solar system. But who is to say that they've developed enough socially so that wars, fighting and other types of violent endeavors do not exist? I certainly wouldn't attempt to pigeon-hole any other species insuch a manner.

Years ago I heard that Humans were the only species on this planet that commited same-species murder, or killed for no reason. We find now evidences within the animal kingdom that we are not the only terrestrial species that does this. So how can we ascribe a belief of non-violence to any species we have never observed or interacted with?

This reminds me of an old Twilight Zone episode; To Serve Man.

We don't know their objectives, their goals (long or short term) nor anything else about them...including their existence. Perhaps war with us would be no challenge at all...(think Death Star) so they're scouting us out, terrorizing us by kidnapping a few people along the way... some they bring back, some they just dissect in vivo.

<blockquote data-quote="Xylo" data-source="post: 90099" data-attributes="member: 1435">I&#039;m not really sure we should be placing judgement values on any possible non-earth based life form.&nbsp; I don&#039;t discount the possibility that life of the intelligent variety exists outside of this solar system.&nbsp; But who is to say that they&#039;ve developed enough socially so that wars, fighting and other types of violent endeavors do not&nbsp; exist?&nbsp; I certainly wouldn&#039;t attempt to pigeon-hole any other species insuch a manner.&nbsp;Years ago I heard that Humans were the only species on this planet that commited same-species murder, or killed for no reason.&nbsp; We find now evidences within the animal kingdom that we are not the only terrestrial species that does this.&nbsp; So how can we ascribe a belief of non-violence to any species we have never observed or interacted with?&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;This reminds me of an old Twilight Zone episode; <a href="http://www.cbs.com/classics/the_twilight_zone/video/?pid=EhJkGeNGuUqJfc9CCfD81h6TpxCIglq1&amp;play=true" target="_blank">To Serve Man</a>.&nbsp; &nbsp;We don&#039;t know their objectives, their goals (long or short term) nor anything else about them...including their existence.&nbsp; Perhaps war with us would be no challenge at all...(think Death Star) so they&#039;re scouting us out, terrorizing us by kidnapping a few people along the way... some they bring back, some they just dissect in vivo.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Xylo, post: 90099, member: 1435"] I'm not really sure we should be placing judgement values on any possible non-earth based life form. I don't discount the possibility that life of the intelligent variety exists outside of this solar system. But who is to say that they've developed enough socially so that wars, fighting and other types of violent endeavors do not exist? I certainly wouldn't attempt to pigeon-hole any other species insuch a manner. Years ago I heard that Humans were the only species on this planet that commited same-species murder, or killed for no reason. We find now evidences within the animal kingdom that we are not the only terrestrial species that does this. So how can we ascribe a belief of non-violence to any species we have never observed or interacted with? This reminds me of an old Twilight Zone episode; [URL="http://www.cbs.com/classics/the_twilight_zone/video/?pid=EhJkGeNGuUqJfc9CCfD81h6TpxCIglq1&play=true"]To Serve Man[/URL]. We don't know their objectives, their goals (long or short term) nor anything else about them...including their existence. Perhaps war with us would be no challenge at all...(think Death Star) so they're scouting us out, terrorizing us by kidnapping a few people along the way... some they bring back, some they just dissect [I]in vivo[/I]. [/QUOTE]

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