A friend sent the link to this very entertaining story — the writer, Stephanie Simon, deserves praise for the writing — which apparently is not a parody: Colorado Flying-Saucer Believers Have Ghost Hunters in Their Sights.
Ballot Initiative 300 would require the city to set up an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission, stocked with Ph.D. scientists, to “ensure the health, safety and cultural awareness of Denver residents” when it comes to future contact “with extraterrestrial intelligent beings or their vehicles.” . . .
“We need to get this out of the realm of the Tooth Fairy and into the realm of diplomatic protocol,” says Ricky Butterfass, who works on the campaign.
The initiative’s major opponent is a ghost-hunter.
November 1st, 2010 | 7:56 am
Now if only there was a group looking for fairies! Then they’d be onto something!
http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2010/10/hellipof-hills-brooks-standing-lakes-and-groveshellip
November 1st, 2010 | 11:02 am
Taking this at face value, it seems silly to worry about diplomatic protocols until you’re sure the object of them exists. We don’t worry about how to deal with Atlantis or other places that might or might not (in some people’s view) exist — we generally wait until we know something exists before we try to figure out how to deal with it. I mean, how could you develop “protocols” for a total unknown anyway? Doesn’t protocol largely depend upon an understanding of who you’re dealing with?
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