Richard Grevers wrote:
"But the plans have be available at the
regional works office at Alpha Centauri
Exactly! So you Earthlings have no reason to complain that we destroyed your
world to build a hyperspace bypass!
From The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy:
[Commander of the Vogon Constructor Fleet]:
"There's no point in acting all surprised about it
All the planning charts and demolition orders
have been on display in your local planning
department on Alpha Centauri for fifty of your
Earth years, so you've had plenty of time to
lodge any formal complaint and it's far too late to
start making a fuss about it now."
....
"What do you mean you've never been to Alpha
Centauri? For heaven's sake mankind, it's only four
light years away you know. I'm sorry, but if you can't
be bothered to take an interest in local affairs that's
your own lookout."
"Energize the demolition beams!"
Replace "Alpha Centauri" with "Wikipedia:Votes for deletion" and
"demolition
beams" with "deletion." The last thing we need is for our Admins to be
perceived as Vogons who are "not actually evil, but bad tempered,
bureaucratic, officious and callous."
-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)