Earth-Mars actual photo (Courtesy Norwegian Space Center)
Not War of the Worlds but Peace among Worlds, Futurist Says
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our current libel laws were to extend beyond Earths boundaries, Steven
Spielbergs War of the Worlds might be found to be defamatory towards a
race of extraterrestrial beings that may be living below the surface of
Mars. In book "Exopolitics: Politics, Government,
and Law in the Universe" (UniverseBooks.com), futurist Alfred
Lambremont Webre presents a practical and philosophical model of how
such an outreach program to other planetary civilizations might be
shaped.
Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) — If our current libel laws were to extend beyond Earths
boundaries, Steven Spielbergs War of the Worlds might be found to be
defamatory towards a race of extraterrestrial beings that may be living
below the surface of Mars.
That is the claim of a veteran lawyer and space peace activist who says
that by portraying Martians as aggressive attackers, Spielbergs new
film also misrepresents the broader challenge that humanity must
confront interacting with other civilizations in space.
 Exopolitics: Politics, Government, and Law in the Universe 
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The scientific paradigm of the 20th Century was that intelligent life ended at Earths geo-stationary orbit
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[Across the gulf of space… intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic regarded this Earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us
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Humans from Mars seem to be genetically related to humans on Earth
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This raises many important questions — for science as well as for religion.
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a roadmap to the stars.
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A graduate of Yale Law School, Alfred Lambremont Webre is known as the
founding father of exopolitics. His work as a futurist at the
prestigious Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in 1977 directing a
proposed Extraterrestrial Communication Project for the Carter White
House led to the emergence of exopolitics as a social science
discipline.
Like many other futurists, Webre has concluded that humanity is
destined to become a space-faring civilization. But he has been at the
forefront of advocating that such a future will require a program of
public interest diplomacy with "off-planet cultures."
In his book Exopolitics: Politics, Government, and Law
in the Universe (UniverseBooks.com), Webre presents a practical and
philosophical model of how such an outreach program to other planetary
civilizations might be shaped.
Webre thinks that intergalactic diplomacy will involve peaceful
co-existence and cooperation with other civilizations founded on
principles of Universal law.
"Exopolitics is premised on the notion that if humanity is not only to
survive but thrive in the Universe, it will have to develop a political
science to effectively interact with the beings that it will encounter
in space," Webre says.
It might seem like science fiction fantasy to some, but Webres book
deals with a subject that is taken very seriously by some of the most
accomplished members of Earth society. Among many other prominent
citizens of this world, a former American astronaut and one of Canadas
former defense ministers have endorsed Exopolitics.
"The scientific paradigm of the 20th Century was that intelligent
life ended at Earths geo-stationary orbit," Webre explains. "The
exopolitics model informs us that, in reality, Earth appears to be an
isolated planet in the midst of a populated Universe composed of
intelligent civilizations subject to Universal law, operating under
Universal forms of governance, and mediated by Universe politics."
In his science fiction novel, Wells portrays Mars — and by
implication, other planets — as harbingers of alien monsters that wish
to attack and destroy our planetary civilization. "[Across the gulf of
space… intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic regarded this Earth
with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us,"
Wells wrote.
Webre has a far more optimistic view of Mars and other possibly
populated planets. He thinks that human contact with aliens represents
not a "final threat" but a "future hope."
His optimism is fueled by recent scientific discoveries made by
NASAs Mars Rover. These findings confirm the high probability that the
"red" planet could host life today.
Webre is also intrigued by data derived from the scientific process
of "remote viewing" which suggest that below Mars surface dwells a
peaceful race of intelligent humanoid beings that survived an
environmental cataclysm on Mars that occurred eons ago.
"Remote viewing" is the mental process of perceiving and describing
places, persons, and events at distant locations. It was sponsored and
developed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Defense
Intelligence Agency (DIA) in the early 1970s with the help of
scientists from Stanford Research Institute.
According to Webre, both remote viewers within the American
intelligence community and civilian remote viewers trained by the US
government have discovered astounding data about life on Mars,
including the fact that the surviving Martian culture has technology
that appears to be 150 years in advance of our present day
civilization.
The remote viewing data indicate that because their physical
appearance is so similar to humans on Earth, some Martians have already
migrated to villages in South America. "Humans from Mars seem to be
genetically related to humans on Earth," Webre says. "This raises many
important questions — for science as well as for religion."
If such data prove accurate, Webre thinks that mutually beneficial
agreements with our extended "human" family from Mars could help human
civilization on Earth cope with the looming environmental challenges
that threaten our own planetary survival.
His brilliant treatise Exopolitics describes the steps that must be
taken to move in that direction. It sets forth an agenda for a hopeful
future in which humanity addresses the challenge of contact with other
civilizations in the Universe not in a "war of the worlds" scenario but
through a "peace among worlds" initiative. It is "a roadmap to the
stars."
About the Author
Alfred Lambremont Webre is a futurist and lawyer educated at Yale Law
School. He lives in Vancouver, BC. and is host of EXOPOLITICS RADIO at www.exopoliticsradio.com
About the Book
Exopolitics: Politics, Government, and Law in the Universe (UniverseBooks.com)
By Alfred Lambremont Webre
Edited and with an Appendix by Andrew D. Basiago
Forewords by Dr. Courtney Brown and Paul Davids
Comments by Hon. Paul Hellyer and Others
UniverseBooks.com
ISBN: 0-9737663-0-1
Available at https://www.createspace.com/3356982
CONTACT:
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