Agreed, it’s not about civility its the size of the weapon – “Meeting an advanced civilisation could be like Native Americans encountering Columbus. That didn’t turn out so well,” the physicist warned.
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The Great American Boycott (Spanish: El Gran Paro Estadounidense, or Spanish: El Gran Paro Americano, lit. “the Great American Strike”), also called the Day Without an Immigrant (Spanish: Día sin inmigrante), was a one-day boycott of United States schools and businesses by immigrants in the Uni... Read more
See if they are stupid enough to pay us tax.
Agreed, it’s not about civility its the size of the weapon – “Meeting an advanced civilisation could be like Native Americans encountering Columbus. That didn’t turn out so well,” the physicist warned.
Its a good point/idea. We are intelligent and stupid – what makes you think they would be any different.
Ironically the child of imigrants, Savid Javid will put a stop to this…
they would likely get lots fo support – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Boycott