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- From: payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne)
- Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors
- Subject: Re: Government coverups
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.184336.16756@netcom.com>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 18:43:36 GMT
- References: <1jspk2INN12p@zikzak.apana.org.au> <C1Gw8H.KG@compsci.liverpool.ac.uk> <1993Jan27.021714.29460@netcom.com>
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- In article <1993Jan27.021714.29460@netcom.com> jeffp@netcom.com (Jeff) writes:
- >In article <C1Gw8H.KG@compsci.liverpool.ac.uk> u2nmh@csc.liv.ac.uk (N.M. Humphries) writes:
- >>
- >>It's not a question of what they have to _gain_ from a cover-up, rather what
- >>they haveto _lose_. If the governments publicly acknowledge the existence of
- >>UFOs there would be mass hysteria worldwide.
- >
- >Actually, what they have to lose is:
- >
- >A) Military dominance and control of the Free World - You don't need a military
- >if everyone loves each other and refuse to kill ANYTHING. As you don't need
- >a military, military leaders lose control of power.
-
- Maybe it's just me, but this seems a bit simplistic.
-
- >B) More important, the powers that be would loose crediblity - over dictating
- >to the the masses what to believe in, and the nature of reality.
- >Because if you can believe in aliens, maybe you can believe in things other
- >than thier power structure.
-
- So then you are saying that UFOs are a threat to established religion? (and
- their power structures)
-
- >> Why? Let me put it this way. People will suddenly realise that all we
- >>are are just little specks of dust when considering the universe. We're not
- >>very advanced in our space travel or our defenses, so when we hear about UFOs,
- >>we usually deduce that the things flying them are very advanced compared to us,
- >>therefore have the weaponory to destroy us at the flick of a switch. And, unlike
- >>nuclear weapons, we have _no_ defenses against UFOs _whatsoever_. When the
- >>public realise this, they will realise that any worry they have is absolutely
- >>_nothing_ compared to the UFO threat and so will turn to crime because they'll
- >>think "Sod it, the UFOs will get us sooner or later, so I may as well make the
- >>most of the time I've got now". In short, they'll turn to anarchy.
- >>
- >> That's why there is a cover-up.
- >
- >Exactly...
-
- Technically, I am not sure the statement "we have _no_ defenses against UFOs
- _whatsoever_" is meaningful. Is a misidentified balloon really a threat to
- all? Perhaps it would be better to substitute -alien spaceship- for UFO.
-
- >Jeff-
-
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- Rich
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- payner@netcom.com
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