Re: [PLUG] OT: Sci Fi Background Advice Needed

[Walt Mankowski <waltman@pobox.com>]

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 04:15:31PM -0500, Doug Stewart wrote:
> Poisoned food stocks, baited traps and Have-a-Heart traps. Bait  
> selection would be good story fodder methinks.

Maybe you could have them start up yet another off-topic thread on a
mailing list, and then reply to said thread with top-posting and
html-only emails.  Then sit back and let them take care of the rest.

Seriously, what does this have to do with linux?

Sigh.

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> Doug Stewart
> 
> On Oct 10, 2009, at 3:23 PM, Casey Bralla <MailList@nerdworld.org>  
> wrote:
> 
> > Good ideas, but unfortunately, not in keeping with the background of  
> > the
> > story.  These aliens don't even consider humanity to be sentient.    
> > They kind
> > of think of us like the cliche'd ranchers thought of wolves in the  
> > old west.
> > We are a "pest" at best, and nothing more.
> >
> > If you were eradicating a particularly nasty infestation of field  
> > mice, how
> > would you go about finding the physical weaknesses of those mice?
> >
> >
> > On the other hand, you could give the chief field mouse a Nobel  
> > Peace Prize,
> > then....  <grin>
> >
> >
> > On Saturday October 10, 2009 3:23:24 pm Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> >> Doug Stewart <zamoose@gmail.com>:
> >>> What about social engineering factors; i.e., how can they make us  
> >>> kill
> >>> ourselves and save themselves the cost/trouble?
> >>
> >> Very efficient suggestion.  Your aliens could simply encourage the
> >> formation of the peculiar institutions known as "governments".  These
> >> are far, *far* more lethal than any natural or engineered
> >> disasters. For extra fun, they'll get to listen to the victims sing
> >> about how wonderful the thieves and sociopaths murdering them in ton
> >> lots are, and watch them participate willingly in their own
> >> oppression!
> >>
> >
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> >
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