Dear Sir:
I am seriously concerned for the future of our country. Just the other day I was informed that you had signed a new space policy stating that the United States has given itself the right to deny people access to outer space if they deem said people to be hostile to U.S. interests. Sir, the United States cannot own space. It is space. One doesn't own it, one can shoot astronauts into it, orbit satellites in it, or launch probes into it, but one simply cannot own space. The other day a man paraded an elephant an a mariachi band back and forth across the mexican border, and didn't get caught. How is it possible for the United States to regulate who enters and exits outer space, Sir?
By saying that space now belongs to us, the United States is displaying a dangerous amount of arrogance. This arrogance is exactly what makes Americans believe that everyone in the world speaks English, rides in airplanes, and drinks from the faucet. This arrogance, therefore, is also a pathetic show of ignorance and a ridiculous grasping of straws. The United States government has trouble controlling its own country, let alone many other countries around the world. We cannot also govern space.
Ignorant people make for a country of ignorance, Mr. President, that should be pretty self-explanatory. Sir, please make an effort to reduce the amount of blind ignorance that shrouds this country. Please attempt to be a leader in humility instead of arrogance. Practice peace, not warmongering. Show respect in place of condescension. Model leadership, instead of idiocy. And please realize, Sir, that I mean this letter with all due respect. And please realize that the respect that is due you, Sir, is draining into the hole you've dug yourself.
Sincerely,
Me
2 comments:
Dear Katy,
Please lay off of this "space thing." This is ancient news. What's done, is done, and nobody is gonna take it back. Writing blogs about breaking news, months after said headlines have surfaced, accomplishes nothing, beyond taking up space on the internet, and time in my day.
The specific wording of "law" itself is ridiculous, but it simply qualifies a foreign policy upon which the United States has always operated on:
No one shoots stuff into space without letting the rest of the world (including the US) know about it first.
Duh.
So, please, pick some other, more relevant, more pressing issue to champion.
Your Comrade,
Brad
How old this news is doesn't matter. It was an obscure report that I doubt many people have heard about. It doesn't matter that the US has always enforced this policy. The point is that we have publicly declared that we own space. The ridiculousness of announcing this to the world is a pathetic show of bravado that someone should be addressing.
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