"They're not people!"
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Manicc77 — 9 years ago(November 01, 2016 04:14 PM)
yes but what does it mean to be a
man
or a
woman
? Those terms are exclusively human, as opposed to the universal terms of male and female.
People
is the plural form of
person
, and to be a person, you must either be a human being, or the law must deem you one. Aliens aren't going to be human beings, so unless granted personhood legally, which probably isn't going to happen right away(maybe not ever for some, if they don't meet the standards of intelligence), they aren't technically people. -
jonathanmarklund — 9 years ago(November 02, 2016 11:02 AM)
It would be best to consider any intelligent life that can reason and communicate "people."
Up until 1974; Sweden was still forcefully castrating gypsies, Jews, Sami and insane women. People of color where not considered "people", they where simply sub-humans at best. But several racial biologist suspected that they might be just animals.
There was even one theory presented by a german philosopher that black people couldn't really speak, they were merely imitating speech, just like a parrot. And all education was completely wasted, because the negro was not intelligent enough to read. -
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edu-fk — 9 years ago(November 01, 2016 07:53 PM)
"Lastly, why is this trope so damn popular in sci-fi for some reason?"
Because it mirrors our world, with people saying gays, blacks, mexicans, muslims shouldn't be treated as people or have equal rights. Aliens are just an allegory to the different. -
DragonbradZ — 9 years ago(November 02, 2016 06:04 PM)
winner winner alien dinner
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/escape-to-the-movies/797-Transformers-Revenge