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case closed

Who the hell do you think you are?

The year was 1969. My quiet fishing village was suddenly attacked by North Vietnamese forces. I was taken away from my wife and children, and was to be sent to Hanoi to undergo extensive communist rehabilitation.

However, before they could load me onto their transport truck, the village was bombarded by an American napalm strike. My captors, along with seemingly everyone else in the village were viciously burned to death, but I miraculously managed to escape the flames unscathed.

My home now smoldering ruins, I retreated to the nearby jungle. There, I met up with Chut tribals, who witnessed what had happened. In their language, they bestowed on me the name Ember, for I emerged from the flames, much like an actual ember does.

no man you gotta introduce yourself in the gurren lagann style

im sorry, i left my anime-english dictionary at home

could you explain to me what that means

Dropkick those bitches.

Well, let's see...

-"UFOlogists" and other crazies that have been saying they're real would be less laughed at...only a little bit, though.

-Proof that we aren't alone (and unique) in the universe. This would be a MASSIVE fuck you to most religions which have nothing on them (think of aliens as "non-canon" in the Bible, Quraan, etc).

-A truly outside perspective on everything, assuming we break the communication barrier. New perspectives on philosophy and science come to mind as being the most interesting . This follows on to...

-Possible technological advances (considering that our local area is devoid of other life, it means that at if aliens appeared at this current moment, they would have had to have advanced transportation technology to reach us), assuming it's somewhat compatible. Great for us if it's mechanical/electrical, a tad difficult if it's defying the laws of physics.

However there are many reasons why people don't want them to exist...

-Disease. We (or they) could get totally wiped out by something as relatively harmless as a cold.

-Motives and intentions. War of the Worlds-style aliens is the most feared, obviously.

-Alien (the literal definition). Differences in humans causes conflict as it is, what do you think would happen if a fucking Argon-based squid monster from space appeared and tried to integrate?

Personally, I'd like for aliens to exist in some form or other simply because it's interesting to attempt to imagine something potentially unimaginable. Also, there's some chance life exists elsewhere in the Universe, although the chances of contact are vastly lower, which is where most of these reasons fall down on.