Perhaps when viewed from "above" our race comes out as looking very uniform.
"ugly bags of mostly water" comes to mind as an apt all-encompassing description... ^_^ will Raymond Camden wrote: >One thing I don't agree with is the mark against alien cultures that >have little variety. Maybe I'm being picky, but I see nothing wrong with >an alien society that is _very_ uniform. As far as we know, our race >(and it's wide variety of people) is rare in the universe. That being >said though, it is kind of silly when _every_ alien race is depicted >like that. > >-rc > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: William H Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 12:11 PM >>To: CF-Community >>Subject: Re: The Grand List of Overused Scie nce Fiction Clich�s >> >> >>14 and 15 should have a Star Trek symbol, too >> >>Data and Yar from ST:TNG >> >>will >> >> >>Kevin Graeme wrote: >> >>http://enphilistor.users4.50megs.com/cliche.htm >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
