If we make contact with extraterrestrials....

[HappyPuppy]

and they are exacly like us, including evolutionary development, societal beliefs and religions, how would we Earthlings treat them?

 

[Valhalla1]

divide and conquer

 

[SportSC4]

we would treat them as inferior and that our societal beliefs and religions are superior.
history would say so.

 

[Kadarin]

The Ayatollahs will proclaim them infidels and the Palestinians will try to blow them up with children converted into suicide bombers.

 

[Wuffsunie]

That depends, which side has the technical edge?

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
The Ayatollahs will proclaim them infidels and the Palestinians will try to blow them up with children converted into suicide bombers.

What if the aliens came out looking like pigs though?

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
The Ayatollahs will proclaim them infidels and the Palestinians will try to blow them up with children converted into suicide bombers.

What if the aliens came out looking like pigs though?

Then we'd use the Indians.

 

[HappyPuppy]

If their background was exactly like ours, would we side with their U.S. against the Saddams and Al Quaedas, or would we take every advantage and side with any faction to dominate them?

 

[TitanDiddly]

What if we discovered aliens what were bite sized, and looked and tasted exactly like tasty, tasty chicken nuggets? And they bled barbecue sauce?

 

[SOFTWARE2ndComing]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
and they are exacly like us, including evolutionary development, societal beliefs and religions, how would we Earthlings treat them?

Give them a cookie??:beer:

 

[Wuffsunie]

Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
What if we discovered aliens what were bite sized, and looked and tasted exactly like tasty, tasty chicken nuggets? And they bled barbecue sauce?

That was a Futurama episode I caught on TV the other night.

 

[KarenMarie]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
If their background was exactly like ours, would we side with their U.S. against the Saddams and Al Quaedas, or would we take every advantage and side with any faction to dominate them?

My thoughts:

Our first instincts would be to dissect them. See what makes them tick and find their weeknesses. That is just human nature I think.

I think that we would side with anyone human against them... better the devil you know... and being human that seems apropo.

I don't think that we would ever trust them 100%, cause as our history tells us... for humans... different does not always mean equal, unfortunately.