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"A Message from Earth" (actually 501 messages, including a photo of George W Bush chosen by Gillian Anderson to illustrate evil) sent in 2008 to earth-like planet Gliese 581c will arrive there in 2029 (simple.wikipedia.org)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_581c

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT-70

https://web.archive.org/web/20081011142445/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3166709/Messages-from-Earth-sent-to-distant-planet-by-Bebo.html

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[–] Dasus 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Okay Bush isn't exactly a boy scout, but why not have like Hitler depicting evil instead?

[–] vala 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He was actually a cub scout https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States_involved_in_Scouting#List_of_presidents

[–] Dasus 5 points 2 months ago

I was gonna say that I think he literally was a boy scout, but I just let it go.

Thanks for confirming my earlier errant thought, lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

What if it's a planet of space hitlers and a picture of him just makes them want to conquer us for more cosmic lebensraum.