hi there - DR Salla sets out to totally exclude ANY kind of negative critique of Ets whether strong 'demonization' arguments or weak allegations that can now be construed and excluded as 'fearmongering'
now we have to totally tolerate scary alien behaviour whether intentional or unintentional by aliens ... isn't an exopolitician supposed to say to aliens heh
- star buddies don't do that coz its socially unacceptable ?????????????
if not WHY NOT ?
surely our alien buddies would want to keep us happy and would make some compromise ... should not our councillor for earth be able to tell them to chill out in certain areas instead of scaring people intentionally or unintentionally.
Its the EXO paradigm of UNACCOUNTABILITY and TOTAL COMPLIANCE the paradigm of assimilation and slavery ...
IF there are good reasons to doubt alien intentions after fearful alien behaviour then they SHOULD BE HEARD
andrew hennessey
http://www.xenopolitics.com
Dr Salla
Hello all, it's been brought to my attention that some p4c members are unhappy about the zero tolerance policy on demonizing ETs. I understand the concerns of some that it may be unduly restrictive on discussions about negative ET behaviors. In proscribing demonization of ETs I was very concerned about the fearmongering and hate speech that is part of the demonization discourse. I find it very tedious having to deal with hard core people whose minds are made up that ETs are demons and those with a contrary approach are fools for thinking some/most ETs have positive intentions. Take a look at the following video to get an idea of how some are really committed to the demonic ETs school of thought.
http://video.google.com/
The demonization language is a major distraction to those wanting to focus on the more positive uplifting aspect of ET contact. If we want to encourage constructive discussions for preparing for contact, then something needs to be done to discourage the hard core types out to convince all about "evil baby eating ETs", etc. There is abundant evidence of some ETs and groups behaving in a negative way, I don't dispute that, but often people simply demonize an entire race. This is like some demonizing Americans because of Bush administration policies, whereas we know the problem was hard core neo-conservatives who supported militarism, rather than American society per se.
So what I propose is to revise the guidelines on the forum homepage that sets out the zero tolerance policy on "demonizing extraterrestrials" to
"fearmongering and demonization of extraterrestrial races." That way we can still have informed discussions about the negative behaviors of some ET groups, without demonizing entire races. Feedback is welcome.
Aloha,
Michael S.
