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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 2620281, member: 82549&quot;]What people fail to understand is that what we consider &quot;aliens&quot; are really just an unusual race of people who, despite their flourishing civilization--they minted coins literally thousands of years before anyone else did--were ostracized because of their bizarre appearance and ended up moving en masse from Earth to a planet orbiting the star Vega. But Bob&#039;s Planet (inexplicably, that&#039;s what they named it despite no one of their race ever being named Bob) is not as nice as Earth, and the Torquoonians, as they call themselves, are still homesick, even after many thousands of years. So every now and then they pop back to Earth to see if we as a species have overcome our narrow-minded prejudices and are ready to accept them despite their appearance. Alas, whenever they return everyone freaks out and calls them &quot;aliens&quot; or &quot;Martians&quot; (they hate being called that) and starts throwing rocks and spears at their ships, so they turn around and head back to their new home, figuring that they&#039;ll wait a few more hundred years and try again.</p><p><br /></p><p>When will we learn to accept our semi-brethren for who they really are?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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