DanM said: >> Rich, who thinks it would all look the same to a godlike alien. > > One comment on this last statement. The worst of Trek to me was the > superior aliens who looked down on humans for fighting, but were so > powerful that they didn't need to defend themselves violently...
That wasn't what I meant. I meant that godlike aliens probably wouldn't see the differences between the use of violence by states and the use of violence by individuals except as a matter of degree. I really don't think they'd see states as possessing any special legitimacy, but rather would see them as yet another manifestation of might making right. In all cases, people only use violence because it seems like a good idea at the time, and dead is dead no matter what the ultimate cause. Rich GCU Your Godlike Aliens May Vary _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
