"If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn out very well for the Native Americans." -Stephen Hawking

When Columbus and his men or any type of European landed in a foreign land they wiped everyone out. In the Americas the killing of Natives was the biggest and successful genocides in history, but yet we still celebrate and take a day off for Columbus. Children are lied to in school when learning about Columbus' and his settler's achievements. It worries me that if Aliens land, will our history not matter? Will these Aliens or whatever they are be celebrated for a genocide just like Columbus? And will we just be known as uncivilized native savages in future history textbooks and classes.

-Wilbert Pion