[Ogmios]

...alone until the millenia have passed and we have become a glatactically-civilized civilization

Yeah, like that's gonna happen...

Sorry, don't mean to sound negative about that, because I wholeheartedly agree with that assumption, but the fact is at the rate we are going, the terrorists will make darn sure that there is no peace in our time, and will do their best to kick us back to the 12th century.

As long as we are killing each other off in such droves, they are going to keep to themselves.

We must look like a bunch of barbarian savages to any that might be watching.

[Junior]

Having a galaxy-spanning civilization does not necessarily mean it will be a unified civilization. Western civilization encompasses dozens of countries, some of them actively hostile to one-another. Of course, warfare within a Type III civilization would probably be something none of us would ever want to experience...

[Moonman62]

Sorry, don't mean to sound negative about that, because I wholeheartedly agree with that assumption, but the fact is at the rate we are going, the terrorists will make darn sure that there is no peace in our time, and will do their best to kick us back to the 12th century.

Luddites and backwards economies have a very poor won-loss record.

[myheroesareDeadandRegistered]

I don't think "they" are waiting for us to attain some higher stage of galactic enlightenment............they're just waiting so see if we're going to put on some more weight. :)

[cookcounty]

"We must look like a bunch of barbarian savages to any that might be watching."

Then again, it might be the Space Gestapo that survives best. Especially since survival of the fittest is what makes for survival. (is there an echo in here?)