I don't understand removing the most attractive part of the analogy either, but there is your answer.
actually we're not that interesting to the rest of the universe. and if we get too dangerous without growing up furst, all it takes is a warp drive, a tractor beam and a good sized rock. the idea that we could stop or deflect it, sorry, we'd never know it was coming if it was trans-light or near enough to it. now for the carrot instead of the stick, i believe there may well be a galactic 'welcome wagon' if/when we are no longer dominated by cultures of belligerence.
cookies are sooooooo 2004 maybe if they were space cookies (not cookies made by elves in a tree) then i would understand
do you know the horrible conditions those elves live in? it's slave labor to make cookies in a tree factory! space cookies, on the other hand, are out of this world
Those slave labor conditions are what allow those delicious cookies to be so inexpensive. You know how much it costs to bring those space cookies from orbit? You are destroying America. I hope your morals keep your stomach full.
Liberal propaganda. We all know they're unionized and have better working conditions than most Hip Forums members. Ever hear of an elf quitting? I thought not...