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From: slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: What 'they' would come here to get...
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Date: Sun, 21-Jul-85 11:52:29 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 21 11:52:29 1985
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Let's not forget the (supposed) reason that the Europeans came
to the new world--to "save souls".

(Yes, I know that in many cases that was only a cover for rape,
slavery and plunder.  But many really believed it.  Rightly or
wrongly--I think wrongly, but I'm a pagan, so what do I know?)

Suppose the race in question felt they had the secret of universal
truth, and the only way to live and/or worship some sort of supreme
being.  Suppose they had the resources to make the trip.  You better
believe they'd do it.  And they might not be very nice about it,
either.  Fanaticism has produced a lot of woe on earth.  There is
no reason to suppose it would not do the same in this case.

Are there any SF stories out on this sort of scenerio?

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