04-12-2011, 12:19 AM
(04-12-2011, 12:13 AM)Confused Wrote: There seems to be a time for everything under the Sun, based on energies set in motion eons ago. I have a slight problem, as an individual, with decidedly accepting that just because it was covered up by some folks, those folks necessarily had an evil intent or malevolent motive. I am not saying you are implying that, but it is only my opinion being aired.
I agree! In fact, I think the motive for covering up alien contact was probably benevolent, for the most part.
Think about it. Think of the dogmatic religious people you know. How would they react to news of alien contact?
I know some people who would totally flip out, in terror, thinking that it's all a 'satanic' trick. These fear-driven fanatical people might do something really stupid or even violent.
Now imagine those same people back in 1950! Before the era of sci-fi. Before acceptance of other races, even! If they couldn't even accept other humans with darker skin, how could they have accepted aliens from other planets?
The powers that be probably did what they thought was the wisest thing, in covering it up, at them time anyway.