Earl Thomas is free this week , they could ship him to them . <| sep |> Do you think an alien civilization , if we ever come in contact with one , is going to give a single fuck about your feelings ? Most likely they are going to be as violent as humans are . They are going to be looking to conquer us , or destroy us . The whole idea of benevolent aliens is ridiculous . ' We come in peace ! ' No , we come for war . We come for conquest . We come to expand our galactic empire and enslave your people , to use as food , or slave labor to make ourselves more powerfulHave you seen the Atomic Rockets article on the Space Prisoners Dillemma ? Two civs A and B find each other simultaneously . Option 1 both civs open fire via virtuallyunstoppable relitivistic spacecraft . both civs are davestated , but not destroyed , and spend the rest of their existence trying to kill every last enclave if the enemy bad for both , but not the worseOption 2 one civ opens fire , the other doesnt so doesnt see it coming until its to late . the civ that fired is now free to expand with competition , the one that didnt is destroyed . best for one , worse for the otherOption 3 both civs ignore each other neutral for bothThen there is the other side of the situation perhaps noone will ever attack , becuase if you do destroy an alien species , perhaps there is another nearby , and now you have just telegraphed your postion by the gigantic flare of the spacecraft as it ramps up to near lightspeed , and effectively announced that you ' re a killer civ .