It occurs to me that, if this was a religion, (insane, fundementalist) Trekkies would be looking forward to WW3 the same way (insane, fundementalist) Christians do for the rapture. It would usher in the events that lead into First Contact.
Somehow I find First Contact more plausible, even if it does imply humans can somehow come together!
I think we already have a bunch of days of the year where some drunken historic person hallucinated a bunch of stuff in an alcoholic fantasy that his gullible followers took for historic fact.
First Contact Day is no different.
Instead of fantasizing about the past, we fantasize about the future.
That’s as acceptable to me as us celebrating a holiday because of a man in a red suit that brings gifts to every child on the planet on one night, or a day where a magical rabbit lays chocolate eggs.
Happy First Contact Day … Live Long And Prosper!
I also like the fact that it makes Roy Orbison and Steppenwolf our holiday music.
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