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

[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.