The Golden Rule

                  Dr. Joseph Mostropalo looked sternly down at the pygmies
          of Altaries 4. The Universal Missionaries of Intergalactic Peace had
          colonized many alien worlds, but this one was stubborn.
          "In the name of the All Father Odin. I have never encountered such a
          vile race. Do you have any valor?" the doctor bellowed at the pygmy
          leader of Altaries 4, who stood in chains on the bridge of the star ship.

                  "We are a peaceful people, who trade in sex." Chief Ajah replied
          and offered his daughters to the doctor. Mostropalo spat on the chief
          in disgust. The chief's daughters spat back. And the Universal Missionaries
          of Intergalactic Peace Star Cruiser brought meteors down on the pygmy
          village. Dr. Joseph Mostropalo had mastered the mysteries of gravity with
          his gravity warp drive. Many pygmies were squashed.

                  "Your filthy sex trade ends today!" the doctor bellowed through his
          speaker phone. "This vessel of intergalactic peace will destroy your cities
          and imprison you. For we value the sanctity of life and the sacred union of
          monogamous marriage." Doctor Mostropalo declared. The pygmy chief
          fell to his knees and begged forgiveness, offering oral and manual sex.
          Doctor Mostropalo was so disgusted by this gesture he blew up the
          planet of Alteries 4 with an artificial black hole.
          "Some people are not worth saving." the doctor remarked to his crew
          of Vikings and ordered the chief executed along with his daughters.



          So be it.


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