too much to think

i am watching The Day The Earth Stood Still (trailer) and it is so frightening to me to think about how our contact with an alien race would be.  the way kathy bates' character (she plays the secretary of defense) reacts to everything is so predictable.  predictable and scary because i can imagine that it is such a common, hostile and standard reaction that i think if a situation were to occur that it might be ruined by a small group of peoples fear and insecurity.  all the alien wants to do is address the United Nations to speak with them about the state and future of the planet.  seems simple enough right?  an alien race who are advanced beyond our imagination says, "i would like to address your world leaders".  so in typical arrogant american fashion, they said no and attempted to drug and interrogate the alien.  attack what you dont understand, that is the human way isnt it?  Xenophobia is the most obvious and alarming excuse for commonality of actions among men.

perhaps i am just different than most, because i relish the unknown.  i want to find that goal for the betterment of mankind that i can leap, headfirst, into.  it kills me how the ignorance of humankind can be imposed on all of us.  from someone else (Alien, if you will) looking in at us, its no wonder why they would think they need to save the planet from us.  we are unwilling to save it ourselves.  therein is the lesson.  therein is our demise.