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   From Address: invalid@peter.pmoylan.org.invalid   
   Subject: Re: Define "alien"   
      
   Brad Filippone wrote:   
      
   > The only instance I can think of right off of a human being called an   
   > alien in the original series is in "Patterns of Force" when Daris   
   > says, "You mean that the Fuhrer is an alien?"  But as she's on her   
   > home planet and John Gill is from Earth, he IS an alien to her.   
      
   There must be many examples in SF where the point is made that humans on   
   someone else's world are the aliens. The example that springs to my mind   
   right now is Blish's "A Case of Conscience", but I'm sure I could find   
   dozens more if I set my mind to it.   
      
   Whether the word "alien" is used in those stories is, I think,   
   irrelevant; I imagine that we're all clear on the meaning of the word.   
      
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