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By JulieD Last updated: Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:23pm PDT

  • Aliens, Death Panels, and the Issue of Otherness

    By JulieD, on Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:23pm PDT

    "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow." You remember Tommie Lee Jones’ character telling this to Will Smith’s character in the Movie "Men in Black"? We all chuckled to ourselves when he said it, because we all knew it was inherently true. Of course, we chuckled because we saw ourselves as the “person” that was smart, and the “people” were everyone else in the movie theatre. But the truth is, WE, despite our wishful thinking, are just as dumb, panicky, and dangerous as those around us. Read More »

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JulieD

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Julie Ann Dawson is a blogger, writer, poet, and game designer. Her work has appeared in The New Jersey Review of Literature, Lucidity, Black Bough, Gareth Blackmore's Unusual Tales, and a variety of print and digital media. She currently operates a small botique press, Bards and Sages Publishing, that publishes speculative fiction and roleplaying games. When not exploring fictional worlds with her writing, she spends her time finding her place in the real one.

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