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Canadian Ex-Minister Calls For Serious ET Study

Nom du Keyboard writes "A former Canadian Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister wants Canada to hold public hearings on Exopolitics - relations with Extraterrestrials - to avoid the possibility of intergalactic war. Unfortunately he also proposes starting a 'Decade of Contact', which seems to mean spending a whole lot of public money on UFO education. Is he on the right track here, that we can't afford to ignore the rest of the Universe any longer?" From the article: "The United States military are preparing weapons which could be used against the aliens, and they could get us into an intergalactic war without us ever having any warning ... The Bush administration has finally agreed to let the military build a forward base on the moon, which will put them in a better position to keep track of the goings and comings of the visitors from space, and to shoot at them, if they so decide."

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  1. Hmm... by MikeSty · · Score: 3, Funny

    Looks like Canada's finally doing something about illegal aliens.

  2. meh by grumpygrodyguy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Any ET that Bush can shoot down isn't worth knowing anyway.

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  3. Don't worry, SG-1 will save us by MythosTraecer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, the US government has been in a secret war with the G'ould for around 8 years now, but the SG-1 team is always around to keep the government honest. Well, at least until General O'Neill and Samantha Carter moved on to other jobs...

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  4. Yes, we canadians have a sence of humor... by fa1uzure · · Score: 4, Funny

    Im assuming this is a joke...

  5. Christ... by gordgekko · · Score: 2, Funny

    Proving yet again that former Canadian ministers are no less looney than the former secretaries/administration officials of past American presidencies.

    Since my tax dollars are going to be wasted no matter what, I'd prefer they waste them on something more important -- such as money for Quebec ad agencies or corrupt government officials -- then holding parliamentary hearings on ET diplomacy.

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  6. ::quickly checks date:: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Is it April 1st already?

  7. Our Lax Pot Laws at Work by Quirk · · Score: 3, Funny
    Sounds like this guy retired from public life and took to the wicked weed we grow. Then too it's the tail end of mushroom season and maybe he stumbled upon one of the better patches of psilocybe magic mushrooms.

    I like to think our superior recreational drugs (with the sadly missed exception of peyote) and excellent beer are the drawing cards for aliens throughout the 'verse.

    It's good to know one of our retired politicians is projecting our world renowed good Canadian manners outward toward our interglactic neighbours.

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  8. That Movie by kai.chan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did you not watch that movie?? The aliens would die from all the germs and bacteria that humans are immune to! Simply coughing and sneezing at them will be our ultimate weapon. There is absolutely nothing to worry about!

  9. Re:Men in black by BushCheney08 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...(a pretty amazing feat for one little planet, wouldn't you say? Even with a base on our moon!)...

    That's not a moon... : p

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  10. This is a warning by Xamataca · · Score: 2, Funny

    YoU f00l StOOpid e4rthLiNgS wilL ReGR6T all THIS BABBlin6!!!


    supergalactic.conquerers@tauceti.org

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  11. NOT a case of dementia. by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 3, Funny

    Check out TFA and read one of the three "non-government organizations":

    http://www.disclosureproject.org/

    They're conspiracy theorists, and apparently they have followers around the world.

    Let's remember that another UFO-believing group, the Church of Scientology, got famous followers like John Travolta, Tom Cruise, etc.

    Cults happen.

  12. Never... by Bun · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...have I been embarassed to be Canadian...until now.

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    1. Re:Never... by stonedonkey · · Score: 2, Funny

      As my President Bush once said, "Is our children learning?"

      Welcome to the club!

  13. Re:"Intergalactic war", huh? by HanzoSpam · · Score: 5, Funny

    The aliens must be laughing themselves sick at our hubris.

    If they laugh themselves sick, are they eligable for treatment in the Canadian free health-care system?

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  14. Re:"Intergalactic war", huh? by bensafrickingenius · · Score: 4, Funny

    Forget fusion weapons...

    Yeah, you're all forgetting all we'll need is a copy of Sasser on a diskette! Wait -- they're an advanced civilization, after all... better make that a flash drive.

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  15. Re:"Intergalactic war", huh? by zephc · · Score: 3, Funny

    If they come, we'll just round up the aliens and throw 'em into a volcano. Yeah, that sounds plausible!

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  16. Re:"Intergalactic war", huh? by stevens · · Score: 2, Funny
    If they laugh themselves sick, are they eligable (sic) for treatment in the Canadian free health-care system?

    Yes, but they have to wait for six months for an MRI like the rest of us socialist suckers.

  17. Obligatory Calvin and Hobbes Quote by Databass · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."
    The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes

  18. Re:"Intergalactic war", huh? by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, remember when the aliens tried to kill us all on July 3rd a few years ago? Yet because they had a collective mind race (or at least a psychic race where no one could hide thoughts) they never had any problems with computer security.

    And need I remind you, because of that, it sucked to be them!

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  19. The black government and real aliens by iendedi · · Score: 3, Funny
    Wow... a new low. The aliens must be laughing themselves sick at our hubris. The possibility that our weapons might prove a threat to a culture capable of mere interstellar travel (let alone "intergalactic") is about the same as an ant colony against the U.S. Army.
    Well, maybe, except you should consider that the U.S. black government has significantly more science and technology than exists in the public eye. This is not tin-foil-hat material, it is real and significant. Complete unified field theories, gravo-magnetic energy, weaponry and propulsion and on and on... Don't believe me? You have that option, of course.

    As for aliens? Do some research on the net. It will become very clear that what we are likely dealing with is a previously emmigrated human species, having left about 10,000 years ago after creating a nuclear winter right here. They come back, and for them it's like planet of the apes - the primitive tribes (sub-humans) of their time have risen up, built an oil-based economy and are in the process of riding the same rail-road of destruction that they did. Sound spectacularly crazy? Heh... Reality has a funny way of doing that sometimes...

    Here is a decent place to start to get a taste. From this neutral site, you can google around and go deep into tin-foil-hat territory, or alternatively, you can investigate the real evidence in a scientific manner. There is a lot of both on the net.

    I am actually pretty surprised that here on Slashdot, this article recieves such a mocking response. Skeptisism is good, but laughing is simply playing into the black propaganda to keep you from looking there. Looking there is good and healthy, it just may change the way you see things.
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    1. Re:The black government and real aliens by iendedi · · Score: 2, Funny
      I forgot to mention the politics of this affair. They are interesting indeed. Please consider the following:

      If you accept the premise that aliens are, in fact, previously emmigrated human civilizations, then many interesting conclusions and questions can quickly be derived. Some of them I won't expand on in detail, but will leave to the reader to think about as an exercise.
      • The nature of the previous advanced civilization was likely not civilization on a massive scale such as exists today. In other words, the advanced civilizations were smaller and more elitist, with the inevitible conclusion that massive industrialized manufacturing did not exist on the scale that it does today. If you draw conclusions from this, some of them will be that advanced computer/electronics is probably not part of the technology inventory of the aliens as such technology requires massive efforts with a huge population base to achieve.
      • As humans themselves, some of them would likely be similar enough to terrestrial humans to walk among us. Some, perhaps not, having racial characteristics from 10,000 years in space that would appear truly alien to us. But some, still looking terrestrial would be able to creep in and quietly integrate into our society.
      • Terrestrial governments would certainly be aware of the true nature of the aliens (extra-terrestrial human nations) and would view them as such. If you think America is paranoid over nations like Russia (in the past), China and Iran (current), just imagine how they would view an invisible, highly advanced and very ancient nation that is outside of it's sphere of influence.
      • As humans, extra-terrestrial governments would be sympathetic to earth and would not be interested in harming the planet. But they may well be mad as hell over our abuses of mother earth.
      • the list goes on and on...

      As a side note, one should consider religious traditions in the light of ancient nuclear wars. Traditions such as kosher foods may well be simply a way of attempting to minimize exposure to toxins in the environment. Think on this for a while.
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    2. Re:The black government and real aliens by DrEasy · · Score: 3, Funny
      I am not an evolutionist. I believe the earth is only about 6,000 years old.
      It's really not my habit to disagree abrasively with anyone BUT: you are a smart person (I could tell by checking out your web site), as a Slashdot reader you are a geek and therefore probably have strong logical reasoning skills (and you program in Perl for cryin' out loud!), not to mention a good understanding of scientific facts. HOW could YOU of all people ever believe in such fairytales?

      There's nothing wrong with having religious beliefs, but it is important, in this day and age, to draw the line between mythology (which can be beautiful and moving, and has its place in every religion, but it is just that) and reality.

      I sincerely hope I didn't hurt your feelings, but Slashdot is the one place I hoped not to have to read things like this.

      Guess I'm gonna get my first ever flamebait mod for this, but this is a cause worth some sacrifice...

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  20. Re:"Intergalactic war", huh? by dwandy · · Score: 3, Funny

    When we get attacked by the Nascarians, just stay to their right ... you'll have lots of warning as they make three left turns to get back to you.

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  21. Re:Is this serious? by fyngyrz · · Score: 2, Funny
    except, of course, that teen pregnancy is a demonstrateably real phenomenon, whereas you have to take what others have said on faith in order to believe in aliens

    *cough*religion*cough*

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