I realize now how important it is to reach out to people who are different

[KlatooBNikto]

Either in their religion,nationality,race or economic status. If we don't form these bonds, we, the common people, will fall victim to opportunists like Bush who will use our divisions, fears and hatred to their advantage.The result will be the kind of world that has been created for us in the few short years he has been in office. Who knows where he intends to take us?

[orpupilofnature57]

1. That's the only leverage creeps like kkkarl Rove,shrubs boss..

have over us, our own "narcissistic fibrosis".

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. I try to do this

I talk about different religious faiths, citing commonality between them all. When presented as interesting information rather than ram it down your throat this is the only way its right, you can often find people open minded enough to listen.

[ConcernedCanuk]

3. Speaking of "reaching out" - ur nic caught my attention

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I remember a group that sounds like part of ur nic "Klatoo"



3:47 EST


I'm curious if this group, or at least one of their more famous songs inspired part of ur nic?

The hit I'm referring to is called

" Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft" - - LYRICS


part of the lyrics could fit our time well:


"Please come in peace we beseech you
Only a landing will teach them
Our earth may never survive
So do come we beg you
Please interstellar policemen
Won't you give us a sign
Give us a sign that we've reached you"

:shrug:

[KlatooBNikto]

4. My screen name comes from the movie "The Day The Earth Stood

Still", a science fiction classic starring Michael Rennie. In that movie the words "Klaatu Barada Nikto" are uttered by a person to ward of the threat of total annihilation by an evil robot.

[ConcernedCanuk]

5. Interesting that the theme of the movie is similar to the song I mentioned

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And not only was it done by Klaatu, it was REDONe by the Carpenters, Carpenter being the human name Klaatu went by.

Ya, I googled!

Michael Rennie .... Klaatu/Carpenter

Tagline: From Out Of Space... A Warning And An Ultimatum (more)

Plot Outline: An alien lands and tells the people of Earth that we must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets. (more) (view trailer)

User Comments: Join us and live in peace or pursue your present course and face obliteration… (more)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043456/


Plot Summary for
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

An alien (Klaatu) with his mighty robot (Gort) land their spacecraft on cold war Earth just after the end of World War II. They bring an important message for the planet which Klaatu wishes to tell to representatives of all nations. However, communication turns out to be difficult so, after learning something of the natives, Klaatu decides on an alternative approach.

Summary written by Bruce Janson {[e-mail]}

A flying saucer orbits the 1950s Earth. It lands in Washington, D.C. on the Mall. The lone occupant steps out and is shot by a jumpy soldier. Gort, a large and very powerful robot appears to save him. He is able to melt tanks with the slightest bit of his power. The wounded alien orders Gort to stop and is taken to a hospital from which he escapes in order to learn more about this planet, even moving in as a boarder with an Earth family. When they begin to suspect him, he reveals himself, along with the news that Gort will destroy the Earth if provoked.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043456/plotsummary


Join us and live in peace or pursue your present course and face obliteration…, 13 January 2005

Author: Michael DeZubiria ([e-mail]) from Los Angeles, California

It's odd to think that fifty years from now there may only be a handful of movies released in 2004 that will be remembered at all. I don't care to venture any guesses as to what they may be, but it's easy to see why The Day the Earth Stood Still is one of the ones from 1951 that remains a classic, while so many others sank into obscurity. The movie deals with a theme that was at the forefront of so many peoples' minds in the early 1950s, in America and the rest of the world, and that is the conflicts between many different nations, and more generally the tendency for humans to fight each other. It was released at the time of the Red Scare and so soon after World War II that international tensions were still high. Also odd is that if you switch the last two words in the title, why, it's not very frightening at all!

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When Carpenter (who they stopped just short of simply naming Jesus) was greeted with the response that a meeting with all of the worlds leaders was impossible because of tensions between nations, he was genuinely surprised and saddened. He gives as his reason for visiting earth the fact that his civilization has noticed satellites being launched around the Earth's atmosphere and, since humans clearly are unable to get along, he was sent here to tell us to join them and live in peace or face our present course and face obliteration. Most importantly, if we chose the latter, they would be there to ensure that we would not export our violence to peaceful civilizations in space. The descending nature with which he speaks is truly revealing, it makes humans look childish because of our constant battling with one another.

This is also where the movie coincides with some of the themes that Jonathan Swift presented in Utopia, his novel upon which several failed civilizations have been attempted. They have created robots, which we seen in the Iron Man, to prevent the rise of violence in their society. The robots have tremendous power, which cannot be revoked, and at the first sign of violence they react swiftly against the aggressor, which results in a peaceful society. I'm also reminded of Gulliver's Travels, also by Jonathan Swift, particularly the section where Gulliver lives among the Houynymns which, interestingly enough, are talking horses with a remarkable ability to live at peace. When at one point Gulliver describes lying, which does not exist to the Houynymns, one of them responds incredulously with something like, "Why on Earth would one say something that isn't so?" Carpenter displays exactly the same shocked surprise when he learns of some of the awful characteristics of human beings, which seems to suggest that before we look for other civilized worlds in the galaxy, maybe we should work a little more on civilizing our own world.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043456/#comment



In case you are interested, there is a link at any of the above links to submit your OWN comments/observations - even corrections!

So I was close

I'm assuming that Klaatu, the Group, and their music, was inspired by the characters/plot in this movie

interesting :freak:

[KlatooBNikto]

6. Great links on a great theme. Thank you!