Contemplating the murder of Earth, Sigrid Holmen thinks:
"One senseless kick of some cosmic boot, and the whole long story came to an end and had all, all been for nothing." (p. 33)
No. It had not been for nothing. Everything, including life on Earth, will send sometime. It will not then have been for nothing. It was for something while it existed. Sure, in this scenario, life on Earth has ended far sooner than it should have done but that does not change the fact that it had its own value while it existed. And, in any case, it has produced Sigrid, her fellow European women and the crew of the USS Benjamin Franklin. These human survivors will change the balance of power in two civilization-clusters and will reseed Earth with life. But, even if they did not do any of that, life on Earth was of value while it existed.
Ad Astra and Earthman, Come Home.
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Kaor, Paul!
I basically agree altho I could add some quibbles and nuances. But murder and planetary genocide are crimes that should rightly be tried and judged by the appropriate authorities in this life, if possible.
Ad astra! Sean
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