The tv series “Colony” have aliens who conquered Earth and use huge walls to section out living places and live under brutal occupation. I do wonder why they are doing it all.
Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies aboveDon’t fence me inLet me ride in the wide open country I loveDon’t fence me inLet me be by myself in the evening breezeAnd listen to the murmur of the cottonwood treesSend me off forever, but I ask you pleaseDon’t fence me in
Just turn me looseLet me straddle my old saddleUnderneath the western skyLet me wander over yonder’Til I see the mountains rise
I want to ride to the ridge where the west commencesGaze at the moon until I lose my sensesCan’t look at hobbles and I can’t stand fences
Don’t fence me in
Just turn me looseLet me straddle my old saddleUnderneath the western skyLet me wander over yonder’Til I see the mountains rise
I want to ride to the ridge where the west commencesGaze at the moon until I lose my sensesCan’t look at hobbles and I can’t stand fencesDon’t fence me in
Don’t fence me in, don’t fence me inDon’t fence me, don’t fence me, don’t fence me in
So in other words, Trump wants to turn us into Japan from about 1600 to about 1850. Keep all of the insiders in and keep all of the outsiders out. Effectively cutting off all trade and diplomacy, which I believe is exactly the wrong way to make America great again. Of course this is ridiculous. Trump traded and dealt with overseas companies regularly before he became President and he’ll continue to do so even today. The purpose of the wall and the immigration restrictions are in his perspective a means of housecleaning in preparation for a reformed immigration policy.Do I think all of this is a good idea? No. First and foremost it is a very unilateral policy that goes against the ideals of liberty and democracy this nation was founded upon. Many a dictator/authoritarian has made similar radical social reform policies with the initial goal of public welfare (Hitler’s breeding of a “master race,” Mao’s Social Revolution, Apartheid in South Africa). Such policies seemed innocent and controllable at first but as protests against these policies (and in a deeper sense against the denial of public input concerning the implementation of these policies), governments fell into the trap of suppressing protestors and rebels and becoming tyrannies.
Maybe. To Serve Man is the obvious, and Soylent Green is only another step. But what if it’s only the beginning of a long-term Plutonian social experiment?
Resistance is futile. If you are not assimilated, then you will be absorbed. We are Borg. Keep staring at your smart phones for more details while you ignore your surroundings and the people around you.
(I copied this from my reply above, which, at this point, may have been missed). From the story by Damon Knight, published in 1950 in Analog SF (or was it still Astounding SF – I can’t remember). My collection, from the late 1940s to about 1995, has disappeared in one of the many moves since then—sigh!
Sherlock Watson almost 8 years ago
Check out today’s “Pearls Before Swine.”
x_Tech almost 8 years ago
“How to Serve Mankind”
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 8 years ago
The tv series “Colony” have aliens who conquered Earth and use huge walls to section out living places and live under brutal occupation. I do wonder why they are doing it all.
!!ǝlɐ⅁ almost 8 years ago
There must be a copy of ‘To Serve Man’ in there somewhere. Is man really a farm to table product, anyhow?
Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 8 years ago
In Canada, we don’t want to keep out Americans, we want to keep out the rump supporters.
John Smith almost 8 years ago
Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies aboveDon’t fence me inLet me ride in the wide open country I loveDon’t fence me inLet me be by myself in the evening breezeAnd listen to the murmur of the cottonwood treesSend me off forever, but I ask you pleaseDon’t fence me in
Just turn me looseLet me straddle my old saddleUnderneath the western skyLet me wander over yonder’Til I see the mountains rise
I want to ride to the ridge where the west commencesGaze at the moon until I lose my sensesCan’t look at hobbles and I can’t stand fences
Don’t fence me in
Just turn me looseLet me straddle my old saddleUnderneath the western skyLet me wander over yonder’Til I see the mountains rise
I want to ride to the ridge where the west commencesGaze at the moon until I lose my sensesCan’t look at hobbles and I can’t stand fencesDon’t fence me in
Don’t fence me in, don’t fence me inDon’t fence me, don’t fence me, don’t fence me in
Egrayjames almost 8 years ago
Soylent green is us,…….or something like that.
Radish... almost 8 years ago
Mexico promised to build a tunnel.
SallyLin almost 8 years ago
This is silly. We’ve already plumped ourselves.
Sakura Tomoe almost 8 years ago
So what’s the deal with the Snapple thing anyways? I’m sure there’s some inside joke or social commentary about it that I don’t understand.
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr almost 8 years ago
“Gluten-Free” is a trick to make us more palatable to the gluten intolerant Plutonians.
Binders, fillers, artificial coloring, and mono-sodium glutamate are fine.
mourdac Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Ask the Chinese how well that wall idea went to keep out the invaders
Port&Hodge4ever almost 8 years ago
So in other words, Trump wants to turn us into Japan from about 1600 to about 1850. Keep all of the insiders in and keep all of the outsiders out. Effectively cutting off all trade and diplomacy, which I believe is exactly the wrong way to make America great again. Of course this is ridiculous. Trump traded and dealt with overseas companies regularly before he became President and he’ll continue to do so even today. The purpose of the wall and the immigration restrictions are in his perspective a means of housecleaning in preparation for a reformed immigration policy.Do I think all of this is a good idea? No. First and foremost it is a very unilateral policy that goes against the ideals of liberty and democracy this nation was founded upon. Many a dictator/authoritarian has made similar radical social reform policies with the initial goal of public welfare (Hitler’s breeding of a “master race,” Mao’s Social Revolution, Apartheid in South Africa). Such policies seemed innocent and controllable at first but as protests against these policies (and in a deeper sense against the denial of public input concerning the implementation of these policies), governments fell into the trap of suppressing protestors and rebels and becoming tyrannies.
Dragoncat almost 8 years ago
Well, the jokes on Pluto… By keeping others out, they’re seriously limiting the food supply.
Sisyphos almost 8 years ago
Maybe. To Serve Man is the obvious, and Soylent Green is only another step. But what if it’s only the beginning of a long-term Plutonian social experiment?
Learn to get along! Are you kidding?
Let me outta here!
kernelcorny Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Resistance is futile. If you are not assimilated, then you will be absorbed. We are Borg. Keep staring at your smart phones for more details while you ignore your surroundings and the people around you.
kernelcorny Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Uh, I mean, get religious with states’ rights.
pam Miner almost 8 years ago
Seriously where and what is “to serve man” come from?
lindz.coop Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Bunch of turkeys is right….when the wall goes up blocking Canada I intend to be on the other side of it.
Coyoty Premium Member almost 8 years ago
They put a heart on the planet so we’d think they’re our friends.
dgmiller almost 8 years ago
(I copied this from my reply above, which, at this point, may have been missed). From the story by Damon Knight, published in 1950 in Analog SF (or was it still Astounding SF – I can’t remember). My collection, from the late 1940s to about 1995, has disappeared in one of the many moves since then—sigh!
Sillyfacetoo almost 8 years ago
PAM MINER- “to serve man” is taken from an episode of “Twilight Zone”, about aliens eating humans after telling them that the were here to help
mjrink903 almost 8 years ago
Why have we seen the same strip 4 days in a row now?
KevinFisher almost 8 years ago
And it has stopped updating again.
Dr. Quatermass over 5 years ago
Wait, there’s still more space dust on here…