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From: mooremj@EGLIN-VAX
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Subject: Still more on Protectors
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Date: Sun, 25-Aug-85 12:46:33 EDT
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From: mooremj@EGLIN-VAX

   *** WARNING -- CONTAINS MILD SPOILERS OF "THE RINGWORLD ENGINEERS" ***

I think it is wrong to assume that protectors would automatically try to kill
any other intelligent species they encountered.  Recall that the protectors who
built the Ringworld included planetary "maps" of Earth, Mars, Down, Kzin, etc.,
stocked with natives of same; the protectors knew about them, but let them
live.  This leads to a couple of other interesting points:

1. The "map" of Earth continued only non-human primates; thus, Ringworld was
   built *before* the Pak colony reachedEarth.

2. The "map" of Down contained Grogs; thus, the protectors could handle Grogs!

It is true that Jack Brennan killed all the Martins, but remember, they tried 
to kill him first!

                         marty moore (mooremj@eglin-vax.arpa)