Talk:Little green men
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The title is sexist (not sex-neutral) Should be "little green persons" :-) Pdn 15:04, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- In fact, it's size-ist and colour-ist as well. It should really be Persons of a certain size and colour (or Sized coloured persons, perhaps).-Ashley Pomeroy 17:47, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
- Wiktionary:man - See that one of the definitions is a general term for person. It could also be said to be specieist in that same way. ~ 18:27, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
I've divided the article into two distinct sections: LGM-1 (which is what the article was about originally) and Extraterrestrials. I've also extended the Extraterrestrials section. --Bruce1ee (Talk) 10:57, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Picture
I cannot believe this article has no pictures. This must be remedied. --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark) 15:16, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
- Two years later, I agree! The lack of pictures ruins the article. Thedreamdied 21:30, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Actual little green men
The entry does a really good job of outlining the origins of the term and idea (is it possible to have a little timeline down the side I wonder?) but there are few actual accounts of LGMs being seen. For example the Hopkinsville Goblins weren't green but more of a glowing silver colour [1], although this hasn't stopped people from having the Kelly Green Men Festival [2]. Sightings are more common in South America, where a wider variety of extraterrestrials are reported, but they have cropped up in North America too [3] (Emperor 18:11, 19 March 2006 (UTC))
[edit] Origin of "green"
It may be worth including that extraterrestrials are green because of old idea (dating to beginnings of science-fiction and canals on Mars) that they could live off sunlight, like green plants. This was part of image of aliens as technologically and scientifically advanced, peaceful and well-organized to the extent of being capable to mount exploration of Earth, build planet-wide canals on Mars and catch humans for experiments. I cannot trace it to the source, but this idea was still floating around in early 1980's. 131.152.84.114
