Re: [OT] Re: Human aggression in space

Noah Doyle wrote:

> There are several ways that this has been approached in SF, and all
> have
> succeeded and failed, to some degree.  You've got 3 standard settings:
>
> 1) Humans encounter MUCH more aggressive races (Bugs, Kra'Vak -
> maybe?,
> etc.)
> 2) Humans are no more or less aggressive than everybody else - no real
>
> loonies (Star Wars, Star Trek, others)
> 3) Humans are violent psychopaths, compared to the rest of the
> peace-loving
> galaxy (A.D. Foster's 'A Call To Arms' series, various short stories)

There was a B5 episode (season 5) where Dr. Franklin discovers that one
race wiped out another race that was developing on its home planet
simultaneously. Similar in part to the Cro magnon/neanderthal thing.
Except both races were very well developed and the operation s were
conducted in an organized fashion by the government.

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