Wednesday, April 4, 2018
"Ordinances And E.T.?"
After reading Denver Ordinance Article and Denver Ordinance 300, did you think of any Science
Fiction short story or class connections? If you can incorporate
quotations, reflect, challenge, or discern with keen insight, please do
so in your blog response due Friday, April 6th.
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It is possible that there are other beings out there other than us. However, there has been no public concrete evidence that aliens have visited Earth, let alone Denver. There are always news stories about the people that claimed to see a spaceship or an alien, but these stories haven't been proved true or confirmed. Because there is no concrete evidence, I don't see the immediate need for this to be a voting issue. In my opinion, there are many pressing issues that should be focused on instead.
ReplyDeleteThis reminded me a lot of the puppet show short story. The hear of this alien and they sit down and talk with him. I think that when we do finally get contacted by alien life then we should be per-paired to make peaceful offerings and contact because if they are superior beings it could very well decide our fate. im not saying we need to spend millions but like a cool earth toy would be interesting to give to a E.T. being.
ReplyDeleteit reminds me of the story where the skinny alien comes to earth and starts saying that they watch and observe humans like animals in a zoo. Also we haven't seen aliens in forever this project will only succeed if tons of people actually believe in the extraterrestrial
ReplyDeleteAfter reading Denver Ordinance Article and Denver Ordinance 300, I thought of the short story Puppet Show. I saw some connections because the article and the story because of the human and alien interactions. For example, the military talks with the alien in Puppet Show and the article talked about how if aliens were to come to Earth, then we would give them donations and gifts.
ReplyDeleteI expected there to be more no's tha yes's because there are many people that may think this is a waste of tax money or just money in general. But then there is also some people that might be scared of the fact of there being another race, especially an extraterrestrial race.
ReplyDeleteI think of aliens and the xenophobia concept. People are afraid of the unknown and people don't want to believe in it.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the linked article, one thing that came to mind was The monsters are due on Maple Street. Particularly, the idea of aliens landing in a suburban neighborhood and exploring the new world they just landed in.
ReplyDeleteThe articles relate to the episode of X-files when the monster was going around and people didn't believe that there was a monster. If you put aside money for when and if aliens come to Earth people would not like it because some people believe and some people don't. People don't want to give money to something that might or might not happen in the future.
ReplyDeleteThe alien photo reminded me of the xenophobia unit that we learned about. It didn’t surprise me that most people voted no on the question because it didn’t affect people in a positive way.
ReplyDeleteWith the idea of Denver Ordinance 300, one begins to question the validity of the argument for creating a UFO base in Denver. I am not surprised that it wasn’t voted for because I think the general population rejects the idea of aliens. We enjoy media surrounding them but to create legislation based on the possibility of the existence of alien races maybe somehow visiting us, seems too far. I am reminded of Puppet Show where the residents are almost shockingly accepting of the alien in sharp contrast to The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street where the mere mention of aliens sneds everyone into a panic. Which side of the spectrum do we fall on? The ordinance reaching ballot stage indicates we are closer to disarming xenophobia than I would’ve thought. However, unless the existence of aliens was proven, legislation surrounding our reactions/encounters/accommodations for aliens is purely theoretical. Most taxpayers don’t want their money or their votes going to support theoretical UFO bases. But what will we do if aliens land in Denver? Which side of us will win, xenophobia or acceptance? We may never know.
ReplyDeleteThese articles reminds me of that one movie where this alien comes to the planet and it kind of becomes friends with other humans. It shows how more people are becoming open to the thought of aliens coming to earth and see new life forms on other planets.
ReplyDeleteI thought about The Monsters are Due on Maple Street, it showed significance because everyone was exposed to the extra terrestrial, except no one knew what it was or how to deal with it.
ReplyDeleteThere have always been always vidoes or sightings that people say they have seen aliens, but there is no proven evidence that there are aliens. I don't think we should be spending money on something like this with out evidence because there is more important things to focus on.
ReplyDeleteThe articles show the concept of the Frankenstein Complex because of the fear the citizens have of the possible extraterrestrial life in Denver. There is some controversy over the idea of funding an organization to help expose the alien creatures in Colorado. This is controversial because some people believe that the aliens are real and others don't believe there is any validity to the claims. This is similar to the X-files because of the divided between citizens and how some people think the aliens are real while others think it is completely false. The fear of the aliens shows the connection of these articles to the Frankenstein Complex.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that we should be using public funds to build a UFO base, especially because we have no proof that aliens exist. I think it's something that should be paid for by individuals who are interested in it. In Frankenstein, the whole community isn't paying for the research and "building" which I think is a good thing. Aliens and UFO's are so controversial that it could cause a big problem if we did have to start paying for construction and research.
ReplyDeleteAfter looking at the Denver Ordinance ballot situation,I believe that it was wrong to put it in a ballot. While there are a plethora of people who believe in extraterrestrial beings, I do not personally believe that the picture and "ufo sightings" provide enough accurate information to prove this as being a realistic topic.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading those two articles I initially thought of the episode of Twilight Zone that we watched in class. Although we could be welcoming to these creatures, we would still see them as odd, and depending on what they look like we could be disgusted by them. If aliens do have the technology to read what our minds are thinking, than they would see the way we think. They could lash out and harm us humans. This can relate back to the idea of xenophobia,and how people react to something that is unusual.
ReplyDeleteI think that everyone is afraid of aliens so there trying not to believe in it.
ReplyDeleteThe Denver Ordinance Article very much reminded me of the Puppet Show story we read in class. In the story there were so many important people there to greet the extraterrestrial and that kinda feels like what the Denver Ordinance thing is trying to do. I feel like putting tax payer money into it is a little much but hey, I'm all about getting a group together to welcome extraterrestrials.
ReplyDeleteThis strange ordinance reminds me of Puppet Show. In a way, the small town came together and created a committee to welcome the alien(s) that had arrived there. I suppose that whoever came up with this ordinance was thinking on the same page of these fictional characters.
ReplyDeleteThe Denver Ordinance which was voted upon connects to xenophobia. It creates the fear that their is outsiders like aliens and that government funding needs to go to a team discovering these outsiders and peacefully interacting with them to try to keep peace between humans and outsiders.
ReplyDeleteWhen I read the article, I connected it to "Puppet Show," and how the human characters made it no secret to the town they lived in that there was indeed an alien in their midst. I think Americans would feel as if their government were prepared for anything if they had a base that would practice for events such as those portrayed in the short story. When the people in charge made it clear to the people of the town in the story, everyone still thought it was strange and exciting, but there was no fuss made, because the assurances of their leaders made the people more relaxed about the situation they found themselves in.
ReplyDeletebased on my understanding, I think that everyone is scared of aileans so therefore they don't want to believe in one. If they saw one they would be quite frightened so they prevent the thought of it.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was reading these articles I was thinking about my own priorities. 1-Me, 2-Family, 3-School, 4-Baseball, and 5-Free time. I was thinking about the first priority and how the safety of myself and my family always come first. I would support safety for me, my family, even others around my, like my school mates.
ReplyDeleteThe story is similar to the one about the puppet and to have contact with a highly intelligent species like aliens we should at least make an effort give them something to show them that we want to have a friendly relationships with them.
ReplyDeleteI thought of this story as a good example of priorities. If you have the wrong priorities then you will not succeeded. You have to have your priorities strait and in most Sifi novels the protagonist does or doesn't. This a a common theme of these novels.
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