Greetings, earth creatures

This is my blog. I haven’t really started. The title is of course the Marvin the Martian from Bugs Bunny.

But then I thought of other similar quotes: from “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers,” — “People of Earth, attention… People of Earth attention. This is a voice speaking to you from thousands of miles beyond your planet… This is a voice speaking to you from thousands of miles beyond your planet.”

Which reminded me of Klaatu (no, not that Klaatu) in “The Day the Earth Stood Still” — “We have come to visit you in peace and with goodwill.”

And then Klaatu’s philippic, which contains these timely reminders: “Now, this does not mean giving up any freedom, except the freedom to act irresponsibly ”

 

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