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From: Ron Decker <ron_decker@wavebbs.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 05:45:48 -0500
Fwd Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 09:44:08 -0400
Subject: Re: Rebecca Rants


> From: XianneKei@aol.com
> Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 00:19:33 -0400 (EDT)
> To: updates@globalserve.net
> Subject: Re: Rebecca Rants

> >  From: John Velez <jvif@spacelab.net>
> >  From: Mark Cashman <mcashman@ix.netcom.com>
> >  From: Don Allen <dona@totcon.com>
> >  From: Glenn Joyner <infohead@airmail.net>
> >  Subject: Re: Rebecca Rants

> I appreciate everyone's reply to my posting and basically, I have to say that
> I agree. I think Mark Cashman's raised a valid point when he said:

  [....]

> Maybe we are to blame for not making people more aware of this evidence. We
> seem to get bogged down in the flashy claims -- the implant removals, the
> alien artifacts, the crash retrievals. But it appears that it's these flashy
> claims that people want to know and hear about. It's big news when a mile
> long ET vehicle is stranded over Phoenix and thousands of people see it. It's
> big news when an anonymous man gives a rock he claims came from the Roswell
> crash  to the Alien Hunter [TM]. It's big news when an anonymous cameraman
> films an alien autopsy and sells said film to a man looking for Elvis
> footage. Or what about this alien interview footage -- everyone seems curious
> about that. Or.... well, you get the picture. The general public obviously
> doesn't care for evidence, they want to hear Robet Dean tell about a  book
> that he allegedly saw. Or David Adair talk about his dealings with NASA when
> he was 17 years old. Or....

  Rebecca,

  I was reading this and, before I got to the paragraph immediately
above, I was thinking, "Boredom is the key here."  I think you've summed
it up quite well.

  BTW, thanks for positing these questions.

  IMHO, serious UFO researchers are not to blame for the lack of
awareness currently amongst the general population.  The general public
wants sensational material; it's far more interesting to read about a
trip in a flying saucer and sex with lizards than reading some technical
piece about trace evidence.  So why is anyone surprised when highly
sensational (and probably questionable) evidence is consumed and
preferred before serious and not-so-titillating evidence?

  And, if the public is so willing to eat this stuff up, the law of
supply and demand enters the equation.  Essentially, there's more on the
way.

  I think another key is the inability of the American public to sustain
an interest in virtually anything for long periods of time.  Flashy and
sensational entertainment is the order of the day.  More than likely a
sub-group of people will continue to gather material and report with
little public acknowledgement, approval or interest while the more
visible sensationalists will continue to grow and gain more influence.

  Unfortunately, one of the components of unveiling the ufo phenomenon
is public interest because public interest/opinion is a driving force in
determining the sustainability of this field.  If the public is content
(and even eager) to settle for alien gunfights and lurid sex with people
of another world (and sex always sells) then that's where the public
focus is going to stay.  It's bound to be frustrating for someone doing
not-so-sensational investigations to see their work taking a back seat
to someone claiming to have direct contact with the space brothers, for
instance.

> It's all very discouraging to me. However, I was somewhat encouraged by
> everyone's response to my question until I read:

> >  From: Ted Viens <drtedv@smart1.net>

> [a big, fat, arrogant snip]

> Either Ted was being really sarcastic or anyone who questions is a naysayer,
> not just any naysayer either -- an arrogant naysayer.

> So pay no attention to me -- I might really rant.

  Go to it.  I'd wager it'd make some interesting reading. :)

  Best regards,
  Ron.