To: Windflier
If the name is being used officially by NASA, or in the press, look for a lawsuit from Lucasfilm. Copyrighted term. He’ll even try to make $$ from other planets.
Anyone ever wonder what being ON those other planets would think of our arrogance in naming them?
8 posted on
09/18/2011 8:58:08 PM PDT by
ClearBlueSky
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To: ClearBlueSky
Anyone ever wonder what being ON those other planets would think of our arrogance in naming them? Uh....the folks on Rigel VII call earth, "Mog".
10 posted on
09/18/2011 9:00:38 PM PDT by
Windflier
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To: ClearBlueSky
I’d like to see Lucas try.
I think he got the name from an area where they filmed those scenes.
12 posted on
09/18/2011 9:01:48 PM PDT by
RandallFlagg
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To: ClearBlueSky
What arrogance? Would the residents of another world assume we`re just going to magically know their name for the planet we can only see from afar? THAT would be arrogance.
To: ClearBlueSky
Anyone ever wonder what being ON those other planets would think of our arrogance in naming them? I wonder what they would call US.
BTW, Mark Twain explores this in his short story "Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven," where earth is referred to as "The Wart".
25 posted on
09/19/2011 5:59:41 AM PDT by
COBOL2Java
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