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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Herpes Cineplex" data-source="post: 1631558" data-attributes="member: 16936">It's an interesting idea, but it would make me very sad: I prefer humans to all of the other possible races.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Humans are barbarians.  Ignorant, abusive savages with no respect for anyone but themselves (and very little self-respect at that).  They're colonialist (or imperialist) thugs.  They are honorless curs who will never deal fairly with their neighbors.  They are indiscriminately genocidal maniacs.They are a rogue state, and are contributing to political instability in their region.They are illegal immigrants and refugees who are easily led by demagogues and ruthless strongmen; little more than a bandit horde, at best.They are a plague and a blight upon all they encounter; they harbor some inherent, incurable corruption within their very souls.  Perhaps they were sent as a test of our faith, or the evil gods set them upon us to be agents of our world's destruction.  Or perhaps their unnatural journey from their original home introduced this foulness into their natures.Or maybe they're not all that bad.  Perhaps they're simply an emotionally and socially retarded primitive species, inferior to the native civilizations, and they need to be contained and educated in order to coexist peacefully with the rest of the world.  When we remove their corrupt leadership, we will be able to institute sweeping reforms to their culture of violence and fear; and at some future date, the interim government we establish to regulate them may be able to be dissolved, and we can hand the reins of power over to handpicked, trustworthy humans.It might be that they have no innate spiritual or magical connection to this world, and simply do not understand the damage they do; in which case, some means must be found to show them the right way to live.And, of course, there's the minority opinion:  They are our new lords and masters.  By virtue of having been born on a harsher, more demanding world, they are simply stronger than us in all respects, especially when it comes to sheer, bloody-minded determination.  Their victory over us is inevitable; fighting them is a hopeless, suicidal act of a dying race.  Placate the humans, assist them, become their allies and their instruments, and be rewarded.--finlandize nowryan</blockquote>

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