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Originally Posted by newmac
This is a very charged subject;
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So you throw in a political swipe just to make sure?
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Just look at the dim primitive creature who currently holds the office of the Presidency. They'd hot foot it out of here so damn fast when they discovered that fact....
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Originally Posted by 3rdvogon
I think I stopped doing that sort of thing when I grew up and stopped being teenager. Now that does not mean that I have not tried to exterminate ant colonies since then, I have but not simply for the fun of it or because I was bored. When I have done such things as an adult it was because the ants were on my turf and becoming an infestation and a nuisance. It which case I used more scientific extermination tools to erradicate them rather than just kicking the hill.
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Not all adults have left that behind them.
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As has already been said it is hard to believe that any species capable of interstellar travel would be that interested in any resouces earth had to offer. There are plenty of other places out in space to obtain those and in much larger quantities.
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It appears you are projecting your own attitudes onto others--onto aliens, in fact, which has gotta be more unsure than onto humans, and everyone knows the myriad pitfalls in that.