[lostalex]

Do you think the governments of the world are right to keep the truth from us?

Do you think it would be too upsetting for people to know that UFOs do come to this planet and that they do abduct people whenever they want and there is nothing we can do to stop them?

Or, do you think we can handle that truth, and governments should tell us everything they know?

It makes governments look weak if they told us they cannot stop the abductions I think, and governments always want to look as strong as possible. The governments always want us to think they have complete control. Can you ever imagine the government saying "yes this is happening, and there's nothing we can do to protect you, you just have to accept it".

If Alien abductions are real, and the government can't do anything to stop it, do you think the government should tell us about it? or do you think it's better to just pretend it's not happening?

[Kizzy]

The worry is it might blow your tiny mind...
best to keep people calm and rational, they work faster.

[Stu]

The X-Files started to suck after S5.

[lostalex]

for the people that don't believe in alien abduction, i'm asking this question hypothetically, if aliens were abducting people, and the government could do nothing to protect people from that....

what do you think the government should do? Do you think it would be right to cover it up? or do you think the government should come out and say, yes it happens, and we can't protect you. we have no way to stop this, there's nothing we can do, and you are on your own.

what would you want your government to say?

[Niamh.]

You'd have people abusing it if they knew about though, Oh I can't come into work today, was abducted by aliens last night and I have a pounding headache now

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

You'd have people abusing it if they knew about though, Oh I can't come into work today, was abducted by aliens last night and I have a pounding headache now

lol, that's a good point actually! there would be some opportunists.

It would probably collapse society. If we were being picked off by aliens and the government was completely powerless. Everyone would build their own Aristabunker.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Jesus.

Aristabunker.

You have GOT to register that as a trademark. I keep imagining it in Gizmo like infomercials.

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

You'd have people abusing it if they knew about though, Oh I can't come into work today, was abducted by aliens last night and I have a pounding headache now

Might try that one tonight

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Might try that one tonight

Seriously though i do believe there are Aliens out there somewhere but I don't believe that they just swoop by every now and then to abduct people

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Seriously though i do believe there are Aliens out there somewhere but I don't believe that they just swoop by every now and then to abduct people

if we find aliens who are less developed on another planet, what do you think we would do? do you think we would land in the middle of their largest city and say "hi!", or do you think we'd study them first and even take some of them to dissect and study?

think of what we'd do if we discovered life on another planet. Just look at what we do when we discover new life in the oceans or in the rain forrest. we never say "take me to your leader".

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Might try that one tonight

lol.

my wife won't have sex with me.

why?

aliens.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

You'd have people abusing it if they knew about though, Oh I can't come into work today, was abducted by aliens last night and I have a pounding headache now

Yes

Or I was Raped by one (very common)

You heard it here first, folks.

That's quite the confession, Arista. It's not your fault. It's not your fault.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

You'd have people abusing it if they knew about though, Oh I can't come into work today, was abducted by aliens last night and I have a pounding headache now

Classic. LOL.

[Glenn.]

If UFO's actually existed, for which there is no proof, just conspiracy theories.

I like to think I have an open mind on the subject of other life in the universe apart from us, to say there isn't other life in the universe is absurd. It's a never ending abyss of space. It's impossible to say there isn't.

I do doubt the stories of abduction but if they were happening I doubt the government would reveal that. Like you've already said, in situations like that, they can't do anything about it.

[lostalex]

I see it the same way as i see humans studying animals. Do we go up to a gorilla and say "take me to your leader"? of course not.

If a species is so advanced to travel such distances, and have the kind of technology they have, we must be like animals to them.

We care for animals, we aren't cruel to animals really, we try to be kind and respect lesser species, but at the same time, we are superior and we can be quit cold. and we will do what we want to them, and there's nothing they can do to stop it.

like a cat or a dog going to the vet, they are terrified.

I don't think they are cruel or mean towards us, but they treat us like we treat a cat or dog at the vet. very clinical. We don't want to scare a dog or cat at the vet, but at the same time, we have a job to do, and we have no way to really explain to a dog or a cat why we are doing what we are doing.

Or when we tag dolphins or wolves for scientific studies. we shoot them with tranquilizers, and put a tag radio transmitter on them.

[Glenn.]

I think Stephen Hawkings once said that if there are aliens, why would we want to meet them? They'd be far too advanced for us; to be able to travel across space when we've only managed a couple of trips to the moon.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Glenn

I think Stephen Hawkings once said that if there are aliens, why would we want to meet them? They'd be far too advanced for us; to be able to travel across space when we've only managed a couple of trips to the moon.

exactly, Stephen Hawkings compared it it to columbus coming to America. He had superior technology, and he had no respect for the natives at all. Just like Columbus and Europeans in general saw Native Americans and Africans as animals, not equals.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by lostalex

exactly, Stephen Hawkings compared it it to columbus coming to America. He had superior technology, and he had no respect for the natives at all. Just like Columbus and Europeans in general saw Native Americans and Africans as animals, not equals.

Yes but the native Americans all knew about it though. If it happened here surely we'd know about it, why would only the world governments know about it? Why wouldn't they just swoop by during the day pick someone out of a crowded street like picking a fish out of a shoal?

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Yes but the native Americans all knew about it though. If it happened here surely we'd know about it, why would only the world governments know about it? Why wouldn't they just swoop by during the day pick someone out of a crowded street like picking a fish out of a shoal?

Well i think they are more clever than Columbus, at least i hope so.

but i don't think they are as invisible as you are saying either. i think we do have lots of witnesses and radar evidence. I think we do have lots of evidence that they are here.

The chicago O'hare airport sighting was amazing, had hundreds of witnesses, radar evidence. If you have the government and media covering it up, they can be hidden in plain sight.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by lostalex

Well i think they are more clever than Columbus, at least i hope so.

But why would they care who saw them?

[King Gizzard]

Generally everyone would panic like ****

[Z]

You put forward a lot of really logical theories Alex, I'd never really thought about aliens in that way before, I suppose because our entertainment industry likes to characterise aliens as savages or being exactly like humans but with a different, but similar, appearance. I think if there were aliens visiting the planet and the governments of the world knew about it, it would be covered up to keep the planet calm.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Zee

You put forward a lot of really logical theories Alex, I'd never really thought about aliens in that way before, I suppose because our entertainment industry likes to characterise aliens as savages or being exactly like humans but with a different, but similar, appearance. I think if there were aliens visiting the planet and the governments of the world knew about it, it would be covered up to keep the planet calm.

Yes and use their tech gear on you