It's not biology it's politics. That's like saying because a whole country decides to wage war on another country it's in their genetics to want to wage war all the time.
FROM: forbes.caroline@cdc.org
It's just war on an inter-planetary scale. That's all.
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The actions of a few? It was a war.
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Okay. Talking to a vampire here. And do you know what vampires do? They feed on people to survive. Every single one has to drink blood, no loophole.
FROM: forbes.caroline@cdc.org
Totally doesn't mean I kill people like some of the others of my kind do.
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We're not talking about a few bad examples in a particular group here. We're talking about a different species entirely.
FROM: leng.kai@cdc.org
You were human once, weren't you? They aren't. They think, feel, and operate in a completely different way from us.
FROM: leng.kai@cdc.org
You and I share a homeworld. Something we both have an interest in preserving. They couldn't care less about our world or our species.
FROM: leng.kai@cdc.org
When we first made contact with them, they attacked us without warning. Not individuals. Their entire military.
FROM: leng.kai@cdc.org
They were aiming to wipe us out or get us as close to it as possible. That's not the same as a few psychopaths in a group. It's politics and biology.
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It's not biology it's politics. That's like saying because a whole country decides to wage war on another country it's in their genetics to want to wage war all the time.
FROM: forbes.caroline@cdc.org
It's just war on an inter-planetary scale. That's all.
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It's both. Humans are largely genetically identical. Aliens aren't. Some of them even have DNA based on different amino-acids.
FROM: leng.kai@cdc.org
Their brains work in a completely different way.
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Really? Because Garrus talks like a human pretty much so far.
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Garrus' species tried to wipe us out the moment they encountered us. And it took the interference of the Council for them to even stop.
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This is all very generalizing still.
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It's the truth.