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Sometimes I worry I get wound up about the wrong things. I can get everso wordy on the subject of the dumbth of the idea of covering up demons and/or aliens for the good of the world.
And really, it isn't exactly likely to come up in day to day life...
... right?

Unlike my human rights for vampires speech, which has *obvious* real world applicability.

Actually, when I wrote that five minutes ago I put an :eyeroll: at the end of the sentence, but then I went to check the news.
News scary. ( Read more... )


One of Niven's laws:
The only universal message in science fiction: There exist minds that think as well as you do, but differently.


That, right there, is pretty damn important.

And the idea of anyone, individual or organisation, being dedicated to destroying, undermining, or stealing all the data that could back that up with real world proof? Really pisses me off.



... of course since I tend to gravitate to the 'horror' end of things, a lot of stories seem to add on the end of the law "and that's really scary".
Which, you know, bit of a problematic idea right there.

And one of the reasons I most like the teams - Buffy, Stargate, Doctor Who - which have aliens and humans on *both* sides. Because then there's "different but not trying to kill us" as well as "different and dangerous" and the important bit isn't just different.



Torchwood has Jack.
... am wondering how he counts ...