On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 11:11:28 +0100, "Laura" <laura@nospam.me> wrote:

I'm amazed that people dream up aliens, conspiracies, planet x, etc. to say
that the world is in for a rough ride, when the world IS in for a rough ride
for absolutely mundane reasons. Scary enough, so why bother telling scary
stories of those outlandish and fanciful threats?

Aliens are no threat to anyone except religious zealots who believe the
aliens are evil.