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by didgetmaster 31 days ago
>..War of the Worlds, where Earth is invaded by benevolent Martians.

I don't think I have heard the word benevolent used in that context before.

4 comments

Hopefully, that was a dictation error and Bob McDonald actually said "malevolent". Either that or the CBC editors got a hold of it.
They came to serve man.
Well done.
Brilliant.
Maybe benevolent in the same way a heat-ray is a form of urban renewal
Did AI write it? If so that is concerning...
No, Martians wrote it as counter propaganda