S.E.T.I. just isn't a good idea.

[Takeda Shingen]

Or perhaps they simply do not exist.

I am certain that this will ruffle some feathers. Still: Everyone here knows that I have never advocated any type of religion, nor does anyone know what my religious views (if I so have them) are. Regardless, I do find it interesting that a number of the members here who would readily disregard the existence of a supreme being or creator do eagerly accept the idea of little green men that monitor our broadcast transmissions and ocassionally decend to Earth, rectally probing the populace at will in an effort to study, and ultimately, defeat or enslave or eradicate us.