[FPSPACE] Messages From Earth Beamed to Alien World

[James Oberg]

As the saying goes, whenever you point a finger at somebody,
you're pointing three of them back at yourself.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jens Kieffer-Olsen" <dstdba at post4.tele.dk>
To: <fpspace at friends-partners.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [FPSPACE] Messages From Earth Beamed to Alien World


> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LARRY KLAES [mailto:ljk4 at msn.com] 
> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 2:40 AM
>> 
>> Today, messages from Earth were beamed specifically at an alien world 
>> considered capable of supporting life, the planet Gliese 581c, a 
>> "super-Earth" located approximately 20 light years from us. 
>> The social 
>> networking site Bebo sponsored a competition for young people 
>> to share their 
>> views and concerns of life on Earth, and the winners' messages were 
>> transmitted this morning from a radio telescope in Ukraine. Bebo was 
>> assisted by Dr. Alexander Zaitsev, who says the only way 
>> alien civilizations 
>> might find us is if we specifically make ourselves known.
> 
> Odd that these nutters don't appreciate the risk that alien
> civilizations with a very high probability could be governed
> by dimwits such like King George III, Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin,
> or even Sarah Palin!
> 
> --
> Jens Kieffer-Olsen  
> Slagelse, Denmark
> 
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