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From: kevin@gtisqr.UUCP (Kevin Bagley)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Seti
Summary: Devil's advocate
Message-ID: <430@gt-ford.gtisqr.UUCP>
Date: 26 Aug 88 23:18:49 GMT
References: <587138396.iaeh@ISL1.RI.CMU.EDU> <443@csed-1.IDA.ORG> <1140@ndsuvax.UUCP>
Organization: Global Tech, Mukilteo, WA
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In article <1685@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu>, trn@warper.jhuapl.edu (Tony Nardo) writes:
> Or, on a more grim note, let's say that there's a species which
       [Highly abbreviated]
>    1) fairly developed civilization,
>    2) developed very effective weapons
>    3) bit overcrowded,
>    4) believing themselves to be the "roughest, toughest
	[stuff deleted]

I do **not** believe this garbage, but lets say there is a civilization
out there with the above type of mentality, (I personally think that
type of mentality is far more obnoxious than our own and that our
civilization is teetering on the brink of self destruction.) why
couldn't this super tough highly teched civilization did exist, they
may be capable of doing severe damage simply through communcation.
i.e.
   1) They could communicate to us a cure for cancer that was
      actually a very subtle poison that was airborn and did
      not take affect for n years.

   2) Tell us of a new and safe energy source that is actually
      a quark bomb. (Kills / destroys buildings etc. but does
      not destroy atmosphere or produce radiation.)

   3) Mass hypnotism followed by mass suicide.

   4) Help me here folks. How else do you cause genocide by remote control?

I find this no more bizarre than the concept of this type of
civilization and a hell of a lot cheaper than sending their
starfleet.