Re: [GZG] Bovine Rebuttal

Good points Beth. Having spent even just a few years of my life living
in
rural American on a small hobby farm and hating every minute of it at
the
time, I still learned enough to make most of my friends (still
suburbanites
at the time) either blink clueless or shivers with fits of misplaced
disgust. 

There is much to be said for the familiarity that one has with a thing
and
how it colors your perceptions as well as your understanding of that
thing.
Initial prejudices and misconceptions can easily be reinforced or cast
aside
by the results of your interactions as well. I imagine that many authors
and
screen-writers may be trying to adopt this angle in their portrayals of
aliens, though I still figure most of it comes down to making stories
accessible to audiences or the constraints of time and budget.

-Eli

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