Sojourning aliens
are in the world but not of the world.
They explore all human cultures, not
valuing one above the other.
They see through the perspective of everyone being
on Starship Earth.
From this vantage point, they also discern connections between things in a way not readily seen by others.
They see patterns of
behavior and of shared beliefs and values that only an outsider,
a stranger, an alien does because they question the
most basic givens, the most
unchallenged assumptions and interpretations,
the most popular social and
cultural moralities.
The first sojourning alien question
was,
"Why did you drop the bomb
on yourselves?"
"Ourselves?" Others would counter,
"No, we dropped it on the Japanese, on our enemy."
Alien eyes see no difference between
the cherished category of "races."
"But the Japanese are earth
people, yes?" In the same vein, the question arose,
"Why isn't killing
enough?" Meaning,
Why was the bomb made?
Why were all the vast resources assembled
to not just murder people but to
vaporize them?
Continue—SA
