[lkirkwood]

I am also skeptical of any overly pessimistic alien interaction theories, but I don't think this analogy applies here. We already have open communication channels and centuries of trust between the British and French, and we certainly did pillage each other before we figured out how to speak to each other.

[Intralexical]

But you did learn how to speak to each other, and you're stronger together now than you ever were apart.