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We can't presume to know the motivations of an advanced alien race. If they went through our growing pains and rampant tribal warfares, would they emerge at the other end with a saner structure? That's very much the guiding philosophy of Star Trek, where Earth joined with other planets to form the Federation. Of course, there are lots of warring races out there to fight the Federation, but the fundamental point is that it's very possible ET, if it exists, has figured out how to deal with problems that we still confront.

I think Stan's theories here about potential alien viewpoints are meant as nothing more than speculation. He's just wondering how we'd look to "them." Don't put any more into it than that. Haven't you thought about the image we'd convey?

[QUOTE="Gene Steinberg, post: 234634, member: 1"] We can't presume to know the motivations of an advanced alien race. If they went through our growing pains and rampant tribal warfares, would they emerge at the other end with a saner structure? That's very much the guiding philosophy of Star Trek, where Earth joined with other planets to form the Federation. Of course, there are lots of warring races out there to fight the Federation, but the fundamental point is that it's very possible ET, if it exists, has figured out how to deal with problems that we still confront. I think Stan's theories here about potential alien viewpoints are meant as nothing more than speculation. He's just wondering how we'd look to "them." Don't put any more into it than that. Haven't you thought about the image we'd convey? [/QUOTE]

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