SW10/WWW: Powernaut 1962 #7: Here Come the Reds!

[Scott Eiler]

On 3/18/2013 10:22 PM, Andrew Perron wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 01:45:46 +0000 (UTC), Scott Eiler wrote:
>
>> In other species, either the individuals have all
>> responsibility and power, or the group does.  Only humans argue over
>> which.
>
> Augh, I hate this trope, hate hate hate >:/ It doesn't make any sense!
> There's no civilization on Earth that acts like this, and if the aliens
> have minds that are at all similar to humans, which they do, they wouldn't
> either! Graaaaaaaaaaaah
>
> Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, raeg

Sorry, Andrew, but in my world that's how it's going to be.

My own science fiction pet peeve is aliens that aren't really alien.  So 
I try to keep my aliens alien.  I figure I'm already stretching 
probability to the breaking point, by having natural forces on a distant 
solar system produce even *one* being who can have a philosophy 
discussion with the Powernaut.  Giving that species anything *like* a 
human government with checks and balances would just be unbelievable.

-- 
(signed) Scott Eiler  8{D> -------- http://www.eilertech.com/ ---------

When you *are* the leader... whatever goes wrong... whether you did it
or not... *you* are held responsible. - Barack Obama

I know. - Archie Andrews

- from Archie #617, March 2011, scripted by Alex Simmons.