Civilization

[theoldwolf]

And we wonder why SETI has never gotten an answer?

This is an extremely clever video. (It's bigger over at YouTube.) The "Rite of Spring" seems a perfect fit.

Yas, yas, I know someone could put together a similar piece that shows all the wonderful and good and uplifting things about our species, but the fact remains that this facet of humanity is there... frankly if I were a Vogon I wouldn't think twice about pressing the big red button...

Comments

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

Now that I've watched, I find your second paragraph odd. Most of the content didn't look negative to me. It was full of dancing and people doing ordinary modern things.

And are bureaucrat caricatures any less wretched than humans?

[ccdesan.livejournal.com]

Watch it again. The imagery, as a whole, is representative of all that is dark, seamy and debased in human society. You can't fairly say that I see that only because it's what I'm looking for - I see it plainly because I know what the other side looks like.

The point I was making is that an outsider might be tempted to write off humanity as unworthy of preservation if they failed to look beneath the surface.