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If aliens came! (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper May 2012 OP
Boy, you can tell it's a slow news day...n/t greytdemocrat May 2012 #1
Republicans Destroy Lucky Luciano May 2012 #2
I didn't even know they were breathing hard. longship May 2012 #3
This is spot on, and the point of much sci-fi. Beartracks May 2012 #4
K&R me b zola May 2012 #5

Beartracks

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4. This is spot on, and the point of much sci-fi.
Sat May 26, 2012, 07:51 PM
May 2012

Alien attacks and invasions in science fiction are often a metaphor for corporate takeovers and fascism and other inherently man-made issues. To ask this very question -- would we really put up with a force that does this shit? -- is precisely the response such "fiction" should produce.

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