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- From: corleyj@helium.gas.uug.arizona.edu (Jason D Corley )
- Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors
- Subject: Re: Give Me A Break!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.225207.8064@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 22:52:07 GMT
- References: <1993Jan26.145958.1@ccsua.ctstateu.edu>
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- Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson
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- In article <1993Jan26.145958.1@ccsua.ctstateu.edu> parys@ccsua.ctstateu.edu writes:
- >About six months ago this was an interesting newsgroup. Now it consists of
- >science fiction and egos.
- >
- >The possiblility that there could be life on another planet is not one that any
- >of us would view as impossible.
- Oh, of course not impossible. I would consider it pretty likely, as a matter
- of fact.
-
- >
- >That they could travel here and watch us and want to examine us is also not
- >impossible.
- Not impossible, but highly unlikely. Really highly unlikely. Really
- _really_ highly unlikely. Well, you get the idea.
-
- >
- >What is impossible is the amount of bull that someone has to go through to read
- >something on this board that might be pertinent.
- >
- Yeah! There's all this UFO idiocy cluttering up the group!
-
- >I'm sure somewhere on this vast network is a newsgroup for science fiction
- >lovers. Why can't that board be utilized instead of this one.
- >
- This newsgroup _is_ for science fiction. See the name: alt.alien.visitors
- Now if that isn't obvious fiction, I don't know what is....
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- >
- >
- >This is supposed to be about REAL ENCOUNTERS not encounters with a televison
- >set.
- >
- Are you saying that television isn't real? It sure is real! I'm looking
- at one right now, on the other side of the room. People see televisions
- every day! There's a rational explanation for televisions! Televisions
- are understandable, and they leave physical evidence of their existence.
- Televisions are real. Aliens are not real. Simple enough.
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- "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the
- black flag and begin slitting throats."---------H. L. Mencken
- Jason D. "corleyj@gas.uug.arizona.edu" Corley Claims Full Responsibility
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